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critical [ crit·i·cal ]
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1. Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.
The report was critical of his involvement in the deal.
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2. Expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art.
she never won the critical acclaim she sought
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3. (of a text) incorporating a detailed and scholarly analysis and commentary.
A critical edition of the same in English is also being done simultaneously.
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4. Involving the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement.
But it's the number raptors killed - the eight owls and 10 hawks - that drew Ho's critical eye.
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5. (of a situation or problem) having the potential to become disastrous; at a point of crisis.
In Scotland the situation is particularly critical.
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6. Extremely ill and at risk of death.
One of the 17 injured was said to be in critical condition.
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7. Having a decisive or crucial importance in the success, failure, or existence of something.
We know that early detection is of critical importance.
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8. Relating to or denoting a point of transition from one state to another.
The bear market of 2002, however, has changed the critical threshold values for this indicator.
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9. (of a nuclear reactor or fuel) maintaining a self-sustaining chain reaction.
the reactor is due to go critical in October
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1. Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘relating to the crisis of a disease’): from late Latin criticus (see critic).
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