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critical
English
Etymology
From the suffix -al and Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”) <????? (krín?, “I separate, judge”); also the root of crisis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??t?k?l/
Adjective
critical (comparative more critical, superlative most critical)
- Inclined to find fault or criticize
- Synonyms: fastidious, captious, censorious, exacting
- Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
- Extremely important.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- Third Pole glaciers are critical to billions of people from Vietnam to Afghanistan.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
- (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.
- Coordinate terms: fair, serious, stable
- Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
- (physics) Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
- (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
critical (plural criticals)
- A critical value, factor, etc.
- 2008, John J. Coyle, C. John Langley, Brian Gibson, Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective (page 564)
- Finally, criticals are high-risk, high-value items that give the final product a competitive advantage in the marketplace […] Criticals, in part, determine the customer's ultimate cost of using the finished product — in our example, the computer.
- 2008, John J. Coyle, C. John Langley, Brian Gibson, Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective (page 564)
- In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other.
Further reading
- critical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Medical state on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- critical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- critical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- critical at OneLook Dictionary Search
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notable
English
Alternative forms
- nottable (obsolete)
Etymology
Middle English notable, from Anglo-Norman notable, Middle French notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin not?bilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from not? (“to note, mark”); corresponding to note +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n??t?bl?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?no?d?b?l/
Adjective
notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)
- Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished. [from 14th c.]
- Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous. [from 14th c.]
- That can be observed; perceptible. [from 14th c.]
- 1989, Stanton Peele, Diseasing of America:
- Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments.
- 1989, Stanton Peele, Diseasing of America:
- (now rare) Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management. [from 17th c.]
- c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 48:
- During his residence abroad, his concerns at home were managed by his mother Hester, an active and notable woman.
- 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:
- Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; […]
- c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 48:
- (obsolete) Useful; profitable.
Synonyms
- (worthy of notice): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
- (capable of being noted): apparent, evident; see also Thesaurus:obvious
Antonyms
- (all): non-notable
- (worthy of notice): nameless, obscure
- (capable of being noted): subtle
Related terms
- notability
Translations
Noun
notable (plural notables)
- A person or thing of distinction.
Related terms
- note
- of note
- noted
- noteful
- notably
Translations
Anagrams
- Labonte
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin not?bilis.
Adjective
notable (epicene, plural notables)
- notable
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin not?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /no?ta.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /nu?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /no?ta.ble/
Adjective
notable (masculine and feminine plural notables)
- notable
Derived terms
- notablement
Related terms
- notar
Further reading
- “notable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “notable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “notable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “notable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Middle French notable, from Latin not?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?.tabl/
Adjective
notable (plural notables)
- notable
Derived terms
- notablement
Noun
notable m (plural notables)
- notable
Further reading
- “notable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- notábel
Etymology
From Latin not?bilis.
Adjective
notable m or f (plural notables)
- notable
Derived terms
- notablemente
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin not?bilis.
Adjective
notable m or f (plural notables)
- important; significant
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin not?bilis. Cognate with English notable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no?table/, [no?t?a.??le]
Adjective
notable (plural notables, superlative notabilísimo)
- remarkable, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, significant, marked, outstanding, striking, noted
Derived terms
- notablemente
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