Meaning

2 senses
  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive, transitive)To find fault (with something).

    They criticized him for endangering people's lives.

    kritisieren, Kritik üben

    критикова́тьkritikovátʹ, раскритикова́тьraskritikovátʹ

    критикува́тиkrytykuváty

    find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive, transitive)To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

    abwägen

    критикова́тьkritikovátʹ, раскритикова́тьraskritikovátʹ

Examples

302 sentences
  1. I'm being criticized for not doing more.

    Мене критикують за те, що я не роблю більше.

    deMan kritisiert mich dafür, dass ich nicht mehr tue.

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  2. Don't criticize what you can't understand.

    Не критикуй того, що не можеш зрозуміти.

    ruНе критикуй то, чего не можешь понять.

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  3. I didn't criticize him.

    Я його не критикував.

    ruЯ не критиковала его.

    deIch habe ihn nicht kritisiert.

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  4. I'm not criticizing you.

    Я тебе не критикую.

    ruЯ Вас не критикую.

    deIch kritisiere Sie nicht.

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  5. The reporter criticized the politician.

    Журналіст розкритикував політика.

    ruРепортёр критиковал политика.

    deDer Reporter übte Kritik am Politiker.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to find fault:
Русский
By meaning 1
to find fault:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to find fault:
to evaluate:

Origin

From critic + -ize; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judgin

From critic + -ize; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίσις (krísis, “decision, judgement”).

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Forms

criticizes, criticizing, criticized, criticized
Base formcriticize · to criticize
3rd person singularcriticizes
Present participlecriticizing
Past simplecriticized
Past participlecriticized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycriticize
he, she, itcriticizes

Past simpleLesson

all personscriticized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave criticized
he, she, ithas criticized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill criticize

Synonyms

75 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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