critical

critical: crit|i|cal

W2S2 [ˈkrıtıkəl] adj

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1¦(criticizing)¦

2¦(important)¦

3¦(serious/worrying)¦

4¦(ill)¦

5 the critical list

6¦(making judgments)¦

7¦(art/literature)¦

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1.) ¦(CRITICIZING)¦

if you are critical, you criticize someone or something

critical of

▪ Many economists are critical of the government's economic policies.

▪ Many parents are strongly critical of the school.

▪ He made some highly critical remarks.

2.) ¦(IMPORTANT)¦

something that is critical is very important because what happens in the future depends on it

= ↑crucial critical to

▪ These talks are critical to the future of the peace process.

▪ It is absolutely critical for us to know the truth.

▪ Foreign trade is of critical importance to the economy.

3.) ¦(SERIOUS/WORRYING)¦

a critical time or situation is serious and worrying because things might suddenly become much worse

▪ The fighting has stopped, but the situation is still critical.

▪ changes that took place during the critical period at the end of the war

4.) ¦(ILL)¦

so ill that you might die

▪ He is still in a critical condition in hospital.

▪ She is in intensive care, where she remains critical but stable.

5.) the critical list

a) the list of patients in a hospital who are so ill that they might die

on the critical list

▪ Two of the victims were still on the critical list Sunday night.

take sb off the critical list

▪ He was taken off the critical list and is now in a stable condition.

b) if a system, plan, company etc is on the critical list, it is having severe problems and might fail soon

6.) ¦(MAKING JUDGMENTS)¦

making careful judgments about how good or bad something is

▪ His book provides a critical analysis of the television industry in Britain.

▪ She looked round the room with a critical eye .

7.) ¦(ART/LITERATURE)¦

according to critics who give judgments about art, films, theatre, and books

▪ The book came out last year to great critical acclaim (=critics said it was very good) .

▪ Her first play was a critical success (=critics said it was good) .

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Synonyms:

Exact, nice, accurate / Censorious, carping, cavilling, captious / Determining, decisive, crucial, turning, important / Dangerous, hazardous, imminent, momentous, dubious, precarious, ticklish

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Critical — Crit ic*al (kr[i^]t [i^]*kal), a. [See {Critic}, n., {Crisis}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions. [1913 Webster] It is submitted to the judgment of more critical ears to direct and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
critical — UK US /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/ adjective ► extremely important to the progress or success of something: critical to/for sth »Logistics and distribution are critical to an e commerce venture s success. »Critical decisions need to be taken. »We see this as a… … Financial and business terms
critical — 1 Critical, hypercritical, faultfinding, captious, caviling, carping, censorious are comparable when they mean exhibiting the spirit of one who detects and points out faults or defects. Critical, when applied to persons who judge and to their… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
critical — [krit′i kəl] adj. 1. tending to find fault; censorious 2. characterized by careful analysis and judgment [a sound critical estimate of the problem] 3. of critics or criticism 4. of or forming a crisis or turning point; decisive 5. dangerous or… … English World dictionary
critical — 1580s, censorious, from CRITIC (Cf. critic) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Meaning pertaining to criticism is from 1741; medical sense is from c.1600; meaning of the nature of a crisis is from 1640s; that of crucial is from 1841, from the decisive sense in L … Etymology dictionary
critical — I (crucial) adjective acute, anceps, chief, climacteric, climactic, commanding, considerable, deciding, decisive, determining, dubius, essential, eventful, exigent, far reaching, fateful, foremost, grave, imperative, important, imposing, key,… … Law dictionary
critical — [adj1] fault finding, detracting analytical, belittling, biting, calumniatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, censuring, choleric, condemning, critic, cutting, cynical, demanding, demeaning, derogatory, diagnostic,… … New thesaurus
critical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements. 2) expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work. 3) having a decisive importance in the success or failure of something;… … English terms dictionary
critical — [[t]krɪ̱tɪk(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED A critical time, factor, or situation is extremely important. The incident happened at a critical point in the campaign... Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city s pollution is its population...… … English dictionary
critical — adjective Date: 1547 1. a. of, relating to, or being a turning point or specially important juncture < a critical phase >: as (1) relating to or being the stage of a disease at which an abrupt change for better or worse may be expected; also… … New Collegiate Dictionary

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