acute

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Adjective

Positive acute

Comparative acuter

Superlative acutest

1. If an angle is acute, it is less than 90 degrees in size.
   • Antonym: obtuse

   I had to measure the size of the acute angle in math class. It was 35 degrees in size.

Related words

• acutely
• acuteness