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kritisch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • critical adj Extremely important, often because a lot depends on it.
  • crucial adj Extremely important; essential to the outcome of something.
  • pernickety adj Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.

Senses

kritisch is used for these senses in English:

  • critical Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
  • critical (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
  • crucial Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
  • pernickety Requiring attention to minor details.

critical — full definition

  1. adj Extremely important, often because a lot depends on it.
  2. adj Expressing disapproval or finding fault.
  3. adj In a dangerous or unstable medical condition.
  4. adj Relating to careful analysis or evaluation, especially of literature or art.

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