Critical

['krɪtɪk(ə)l] or ['krɪtɪkl]

Definition

(adj.) marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; 'a critical attitude' .

(adj.) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; 'a critical reading'; 'a critical dissertation'; 'a critical analysis of Melville's writings' .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; 'a critical point in the campaign'; 'the critical test' .

(adj.) urgently needed; absolutely necessary; 'a critical element of the plan'; 'critical medical supplies'; 'vital for a healthy society'; 'of vital interest' .

(adj.) of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; 'critical acclaim' .

Typist: Norton--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

(n.) Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation.

(n.) Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious.

(n.) Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.

(n.) Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject.

(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Exact, nice, accurate.[2]. Censorious, carping, cavilling, captious.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Nice, delicate, exact, fastidious, discriminating, censorious, accurate,dubious, precarious, ticklish, crucial, important, momentous, hazardous

ANT:Inexact, popular, loose, easy, undiscriminating, safe, determined, decided,settled, retrieved, redressed

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Examples

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