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acuity

/əˈkjuːɪti/

C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

Sharpness of a sense or of thought; severity of illness.

Her visual acuity dropped in the left eye first.

Similar: sharpness, keenness

Origin: Latin acuere 'to sharpen'.

Topic: Diagnosis in Medical English

Business noun

Sharpness of thought, insight, or perception.

Her commercial acuity let her spot the flawed assumption buried in the client's five-year forecast.

Similar: sharpness, perceptiveness

Topic: Consulting in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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