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critical
[ krit-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily:
Parents who are too critical make their children anxious.
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- involving criticism, or skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.:
The article provides a critical analysis of the Gulf War.
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- occupied with or skilled in criticism:
She was one of the great critical journalists of the 20th century.
- of or relating to critics or criticism, especially of literature, film, music, etc.:
Critical appreciation of this author’s work has peaked in recent years.
- providing textual variants, proposed emendations, etc.:
The library has a new critical edition of Chaucer.
- of the nature of a crisis; threatening a seriously bad outcome; grave:
There was a critical shortage of food.
- of decisive importance with respect to the outcome; crucial:
The nation is facing a critical moment in its history.
Cocoa butter is a critical ingredient in chocolate.
- Medicine/Medical. having unstable and abnormal vital signs and other unfavorable indicators, as loss of appetite, poor mobility, or unconsciousness:
The patient has been upgraded from critical to stable.
- Physics.
- pertaining to a state, value, or quantity at which one or more properties of a substance or system undergo a change:
The critical temperature of benzene is 289° C.
- (of fissionable material) having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction:
They told us about a lab where some plutonium went critical.
critical
/ ˈɪɪə /
adjective
- containing or making severe or negative judgments
- containing careful or analytical evaluations
a critical dissertation
- of or involving a critic or criticism
- of or forming a crisis; crucial; decisive
a critical operation
- urgently needed
critical medical supplies
- informal.so seriously injured or ill as to be in danger of dying
- physics of, denoting, or concerned with a state in which the properties of a system undergo an abrupt change
a critical temperature
- go critical(of a nuclear power station or reactor) to reach a state in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction becomes self-sustaining
Derived Forms
- ˈپԱ, noun
- ˈپ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ··· adverb
- ····ٲ [--krit-i-, kal, -i-tee], ···Ա noun
- ·پ··· adjective
- ԴDz··· adjective
- ···· adjective
Example Sentences
“We are deeply disappointed by this ill-informed decision, which immediately affects critical programs supported by these funds,” Rebecca Wendt, the California deputy state librarian, said in a statement.
“Campuses have not taken critical steps to protect applicants from reader bias,” the report states.
But some teachers who got in touch with BBC News NI were critical of their unions.
“The Trump administration’s directive is a critical step in reigning in the excessive politicization of our schools,” Shaw said.
With European Union leaders highly critical of the policy, it would be little surprise if anti-European sentiment among the American fans is intensified.
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