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1. (adj.) critical
inclined to find fault or to judge severely.
2. critical
occupied with or skilled in criticism.
3. critical
involving or requiring skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.
4. critical
of or pertaining to critics or criticism:
critical essays.
5. critical
providing textual variants, proposed emendations, etc.:
a critical edition of Chaucer.
6. critical
caused by or constituting a crisis:
a critical shortage of food.
7. critical
of decisive importance; crucial.
8. critical
of essential importance; indispensable:
a critical ingredient.
9. critical
(of a patient's condition) having unstable and abnormal vital signs and one or more unfavorable indicators.
10. critical
Physics.
11. critical
pertaining to a state, value, or quantity at which one or more properties of a substance or system change.
12. critical
of a quantity of fissionable material large enough to sustain a chain reaction.
Etymology: (1580–90)
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1. (adj) critical
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
"a critical attitude"
2. (adj) critical
at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
"a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical"
3. (adj) critical
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
"a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
4. (adj) critical, vital
urgently needed; absolutely necessary
"a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"
5. (adj) critical, decisive
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
"a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"
6. (adj) critical
being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
"a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"
7. (adj) critical
of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
"critical acclaim"
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1. (adjective) critical
judging sb or sth negatively
very critical of my work; a highly critical statement
2. critical
having an extremely important effect on a result; = crucial
a critical moment in the campaign; His success is critical to his family's survival.
3. critical
looking carefully at details before judging
to take a critical look at the play
4. critical
in critical condition
(of a patient at a hospital) very seriously ill or injured
critically ill/wounded; She looked at it critically.; a critically important day
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) critical
qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions
2. (noun) critical
pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation
3. (noun) critical
inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious
4. (noun) critical
inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting
5. (noun) critical
characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject
6. (noun) critical
pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation
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Sense: judging and analysing
He has written several critical works on Shakespeare.
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 Afrikaans: kritiek, krities |
 Arabic: نَقْدي، إنتِقادي، تَحْليل |
 Bulgarian: критически |
 Brazilian: crítico |
 Czech: kritický |
 German: kritisch |
 Danish: kritisk |
 Greek: κριτικός |
 Spanish: crítico |
 Estonian: arvustav |
 Farsi: نقدگرانه |
 Finnish: kriittinen |
 French: critique |
 Hebrew: בִּיקוֹרתִי |
 Hindi: विवेचनात्मक |
 Croatian: kritičan |
 Hungarian: bíráló; kritikai |
 Indonesian: kritis |
 Icelandic: sem felurí sér gagnrÿni |
 Italian: critico |
 Japanese: 批評の |
 Korean: 비판적인 |
 Lithuanian: kritikos |
 Latvian: kritisks |
 Malay: kritikal |
 Dutch: kritisch |
 Norwegian: (tekst)kritisk |
 Polish: krytyczny |
 Persian: نقدگرانه |
 Pashto: خطرناک |
 Portuguese: crítico |
 Romanian: critic |
 Russian: критический |
 Slovak: kritický |
 Slovenian: kritičen |
 Serbian: kritički |
 Swedish: kritisk |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับการวิจารณ์ |
 Turkish: eleştirici, eleştirel |
 Taiwanese: 評論性的 |
 Ukrainian: критичний |
 Urdu: تنقيدى |
 Vietnamese: phê phán |
 Chinese: 评论性的 |
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