[
  {
    "word": "acute",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/acute-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75729328",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8kju\u02d0t/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8kjut/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/acute-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769826",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An accent or tone higher than others.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "grave"
            ]
          },
          {
            "definition": "An acute accent (\u00b4).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The word \u2018cafe\u2019 often has an acute over the \u2018e\u2019."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "grave"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To give an acute sound to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He acutes his rising inflection too much."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Brief, quick, short.",
            "synonyms": [
              "fast",
              "rapid"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "leisurely",
              "slow"
            ],
            "example": "It was an acute event."
          },
          {
            "definition": "High or shrill.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "grave"
            ],
            "example": "an acute accent or tone"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Intense, sensitive, sharp.",
            "synonyms": [
              "keen",
              "powerful",
              "strong"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "dull",
              "obtuse",
              "slow",
              "witless"
            ],
            "example": "She had an acute sense of honour.\u2003 Eagles have very acute vision."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Urgent.",
            "synonyms": [
              "emergent",
              "pressing",
              "sudden"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His need for medical attention was acute."
          },
          {
            "definition": "With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "obtuse"
            ]
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "obtuse"
            ],
            "example": "The teacher pointed out the acute angle."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.",
            "synonyms": [
              "acute-angled"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "obtuse",
              "obtuse-angled"
            ],
            "example": "an acute triangle"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He dropped dead of an acute illness."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "chronic"
            ],
            "example": "The acute symptoms resolved promptly."
          },
          {
            "definition": "After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The last letter of \u2018caf\u00e9\u2019 is \u2018e\u2019 acute."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "acute-angled",
          "emergent",
          "pressing",
          "sudden",
          "fast",
          "rapid",
          "keen",
          "powerful",
          "strong"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "chronic",
          "dull",
          "obtuse",
          "slow",
          "witless",
          "grave",
          "leisurely",
          "slow",
          "obtuse",
          "obtuse",
          "obtuse",
          "obtuse-angled"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acute"
    ]
  }
]