critical
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- definition at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- definition characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- definition urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- definition forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
- definition being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
- definition of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism