acuminate

Questions about acuminate

What does acuminate mean?

acuminate means "make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in acuminate?

acuminate has 4 syllables and divides as a-cu-mi-nate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is acuminate a common word?

acuminate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.