{
    "term": "acute",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very serious or severe",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is an acute shortage of water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "acute pain"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the world’s acute environmental problems"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Competition for jobs is acute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The scandal was an acute embarrassment for the President."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was suffering from acute chest pains."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an acute illness is one that has quickly become severe and dangerous",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "acute appendicitis"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "describing or designed for patients suffering from an acute illness",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "acute patients"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an acute ward"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "very sensitive and well developed",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Dogs have an acute sense of smell."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "keen"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "intelligent and quick to notice and understand things",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He is an acute observer of the social scene."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her judgement is acute."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "less than 90°",
            "labels": "(geometry)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːt/",
                "audio": "ac/acute/acute__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːt/",
                "audio": "ac/acute/acute__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (describing a disease or its symptoms): from Latin acutus, past participle of acuere ‘sharpen’, from acus ‘needle’."
}