Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - critical
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Critical
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Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A critical time, factor, or situation is extremely important. The incident happened at a critical point in the campaign... He says setting priorities is of critical importance... How you finance a business is critical to the success of your venture. = crucial ADJ • critically Economic prosperity depends critically on an open world trading system... It was a critically important moment in his career. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj 2. A critical situation is very serious and dangerous. The German authorities are considering an airlift if the situation becomes critical... Its day-to-day finances are in a critical state. ADJ • critically Moscow is running critically low on food supplies. ADV: usu ADV adj 3. If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill. Ten of the injured are said to be in critical condition. ADJ • critically She was critically ill... ADV: usu ADV adj, also ADV with v 4. To be critical of someone or something means to criticize them. His report is highly critical of the trial judge... He has apologised for critical remarks he made about the referee. ADJ: oft ADJ of n • critically She spoke critically of Lara. ADV 5. A critical approach to something involves examining and judging it carefully. We need to become critical text-readers... ...the critical analysis of political ideas. ADJ: ADJ n • critically Wyman watched them critically. ADV 6. If something or someone receives critical acclaim, critics say that they are very good. The film met with considerable critical and public acclaim... ADJ: ADJ n
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adjective Date: 1547 1. a. of, relating to, or being a turning point or specially important juncture a ~ 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 being or relating to an illness or condition involving danger of death ~ care a patient listed in ~ condition (2) relating to or being a state in which or a measurement or point at which some quality, property, or phenomenon suffers a definite change ~ temperature b. crucial, decisive a ~ test c. indispensable, vital a ~ waterfowl habitat a component ~ to the operation of a machine d. being in or approaching a state of crisis a ~ shortage a ~ situation 2. a. inclined to criticize severely and unfavorably b. consisting of or involving criticism ~ writings; also of or relating to the judgment of critics the play was a ~ success c. exercising or involving careful judgment or judicious evaluation ~ thinking d. including variant readings and scholarly emendations a ~ edition 3. a. of sufficient size to sustain a chain reaction — used of a mass of fissionable material a ~ mass b. sustaining a nuclear chain reaction the reactor went ~ • ~ity noun • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, hyper~, faultfinding, captious, carping, censorious mean inclined to look for and point out faults and defects. ~ may also imply an effort to see a thing clearly and truly in order to judge it fairly a ~ essay. hyper~ suggests a tendency to judge by unreasonably strict standards hyper~ disparagement of other people's work. faultfinding implies a querulous or exacting temperament a faultfinding reviewer. captious suggests a readiness to detect trivial faults or raise objections on trivial grounds a captious critic. carping implies an ill-natured or perverse picking of flaws a carping editorial. censorious implies a disposition to be severely ~ and condemnatory the censorious tone of the review. Synonym: see in addition acute. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 a making or involving adverse or censorious comments or judgements. b expressing or involving criticism. 2 skilful at or engaged in criticism. 3 providing textual criticism (a critical edition of Milton). 4 a of or at a crisis; involving risk or suspense (in a critical condition; a critical operation). b decisive, crucial (of critical importance; at the critical moment). 5 a Math. & Physics marking transition from one state etc. to another (critical angle). b Physics (of a nuclear reactor) maintaining a self-sustaining chain reaction. Phrases and idioms critical apparatus = APPARATUS 4. critical mass Physics the amount of fissile material needed to maintain a nuclear chain reaction. critical path the sequence of stages determining the minimum time needed for an operation. critical temperature Chem. the temperature above which a gas cannot be liquefied. Derivatives criticality n. (in sense 5). critically adv. criticalness n. Etymology: L criticus: see CRITIC ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1) критический, решающий 2) критичный 3) ответственный, важный, крайне необходимый 4) переходный - diametrically critical - directly critical - feebly critical ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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прил. критический, решающий, переломный - critical activity - critical goal - critical item - critical level - critical mass - critical material - critical path - critical path analysis - critical path method - critical point - critical resources - critical review - critical supplies - critical time - critical variables ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. критический critical analysis —- критический анализ 2. решающий, переломный; критический critical moment —- решающий момент to be of critical importance —- быть жизненно важным 3. важный, ценный critical contribution —- ценный вклад 4. лит. критический, относящийся к критике литературы и искусства critical essays —- критические очерки critical opinions on his latest play —- отзывы критиков о его последней пьесе 5. опасный, критический; угрожающий critical condition —- угрожающее состояние the critical stage of a disease —- переломная стадия болезни 6. осуждающий, критикующий; разборчивый, требовательный he is not very critical eye —- она на все смотрит недоверчиво; она склонна все критиковать 7. ам. дефицитный; крайне необходимый; нормируемый critical material —- дефицитный материал 8. спец. критический, граничный critical current —- эл. критический ток ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) критический 2) разборчивый 3) переломный, решающий 4) amer. дефицитный; крайне необходимый; нормируемый 5) рискованный, опасный; критический, угрожающий Syn: see crucial CRITICAL temperature критическая температура ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 »MAKING SEVERE JUDGMENTS« someone who is critical makes severe and often unfair judgments of people or things (I don't mean to be over critical, but isn't all of this completely unnecessary?) + of (Pat is always very critical of her son's appearance.) 2 »IMPORTANT« very important because what happens in the future depends on it (We need an immediate decision on this critical issue. | be critical to) (Parental attention is critical to the child's socialization. | of critical importance (=very important)) (Finding the source of the gas leak was of critical importance.) 3 »DANGEROUS/UNCERTAIN« a critical time or moment is one that is dangerous or uncertain because a sudden change to a better or a worse condition is possible (David is at a critical stage in the illness.) 4 »MAKING FAIR JUDGMENTS« providing careful and fair judgments of the good and bad characteristics of something (a critical analysis of Stevens' poem) 5 »ART/FILM/BOOKS ETC« produced by or resulting from the work of critics (`The Piano' got a lot of critical acclaim, but I didn't like the music in it. | a critical success (=the critics liked it)) 6 in a critical condition BrE, in critical condition AmE so ill that you could die (The patient is in critical condition at Bellvue Hospital tonight.) 7 the critical list a list of people in hospital who are so ill that they could die (He was taken off the critical list last night, so we're very relieved.) 8 with a critical eye if you look at or examine something with a critical eye, you examine it carefully in order to judge its good and bad qualities ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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