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Term: Accute

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1:

Definition: Having or showing keen insight or perception.

Sample Sentence: The detective's accute intuition helped him solve even the most baffling cases.

Sense 2:

Definition: Severe or intense in degree; sharp or keen.

Sample Sentence: Bob felt an accute pain in his back after lifting the heavy box.

Sense 3:

Definition: Precise; exact.

Sample Sentence: The scientist made sure to measure the temperature with an accute thermometer.