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critical > 7 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	critical	Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
	2	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
	3	critical	Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
	4	critical, vital	Urgently needed
	5	critical, decisive	Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
	6	critical	In or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
	7	critical	Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

critical > pronunciation
Sounds	krih'tihkahl
Rhymes	abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl...

critical > adjective 1
Meaning	Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws.
Examples	"a critical attitude"
Contrary	uncritical
Similar	captious, faultfinding; caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling; censorious; deprecative; hypercritical, overcritical; scathing, blistering, scalding, vituperative
See also	unfavorable, unfavourable; sarcastic
Nouns	critic; criticism

critical > adjective 2
Meaning	At or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction.
Examples	"a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical"
Contrary	noncritical
Similar	supercritical
Category	chemistry, chemical science; physics, physical science, natural philosophy
Attribute of	criticality
Nouns	criticality

critical > adjective 3
Meaning	Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment.
Examples	"a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
Contrary	uncritical, noncritical
Similar	appraising, evaluative; discriminative, judicial
See also	discerning; scholarly
Nouns	critic; criticism
Adverbs	critically

critical > adjective 4
Meaning	Urgently needed. Absolutely necessary.
Examples	"a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"
Synonyms	vital
Similar to	indispensable
Nouns	criticality, criticalness

critical > adjective 5
Meaning	Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis.
Examples	"a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"
Synonyms	decisive
Similar to	crucial, important
Nouns	crisis; crisis; criticalness

critical > adjective 6
Meaning	In or verging on a state of crisis or emergency.
Examples	"a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"
Contrary	noncritical, noncrucial
Similar	acute; dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening; desperate, dire
See also	crucial, important
Attribute of	crisis
Nouns	criticality, criticalness

critical > adjective 7, pert
Meaning	Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism.
Examples	"critical acclaim"
Nouns	critic; criticism; critic; critic; criticism

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