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:

Examples

302 sentences

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

    Мене критикують за те, що я не роблю більше. — deniko

    deMan kritisiert mich dafür, dass ich nicht mehr tue. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

    Не критикуй того, що не можеш зрозуміти. — deniko

    ruНе критикуй то, чего не можешь понять. — odexed

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  3. I didn't criticize him.

    Я його не критикував. — deniko

    ruЯ не критиковала его. — Biga

    deIch habe ihn nicht kritisiert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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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

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

    abwägen

    критикова́тьkritikovátʹ, раскритикова́тьraskritikovátʹ

More definitions
  • find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
  • act as a critic

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

regular · Lesson

Base formcriticize · to criticize
3rd person singularcriticizes
Present participlecriticizing
Past simplecriticized
Past participlecriticized

Tenses

criticize · criticized · will criticize · have criticized

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Present simpleLesson

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

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill criticize

Past simpleLesson

all personscriticized

Synonyms

7 synonyms
(US)To find fault:censurepick at
(US)To evaluate, assessing its merits and faults:judgeA1appraise
Close in meaning
  • find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws:knockcriticisepick apart
  • act as a critic:criticise

Antonyms

5 antonyms
commendC1complimentB1congratulateB1laudC2praiseB2

Word family

17 related words
RelatedcriticalB1criticismB2complainA2scoldB1disciplineB2criticcriticizablecritique
Derivedcountercriticizecriticizationcriticizercriticizinglyhypercriticizeovercriticizerecriticizeuncriticizeduncriticizing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
criticalB1criticallyB2criticismB2critiquecrittercroak

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