criticize
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[edit] English
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- criticise (UK)
[edit] Etymology
Century 1911: < critic + -ize
From Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikos), “‘of or for judging, able to discern’”) < κρίσις (krisis), “‘crisis’”)
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to criticize (third-person singular simple present criticizes, present participle criticizing, simple past and past participle criticized) (transitive or intransitive)
- to evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults
- to find fault (with something)
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to evaluate
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to find fault
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[edit] See also
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- criticize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- criticize in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
