Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, informal, uncountable)Criticism.

  2. (countable, informal, uncountable)Critique.

  3. (countable, informal, uncountable)A proponent of critical legal studies.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A criterium race.

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)A critical hit.

  6. (colloquial, uncountable)Haematocrit.

More definitions
  • a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles)

Origin

From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening. Short for

From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.

Short for haematocrit.

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Forms

plural: crits
Singularcrit
Pluralcrits

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles):criterium

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcrit care
Derivedself-crit

See also

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