Translation
to criticise
Word origin
From French critiquer, from Greek kritikos ('able to judge'), from krinein ('to judge, to decide'). A close cousin of krizo, which grew from the same Greek verb.
- Origin
- French, from Greek
- Root
- kritikos
- English cognates
- criticise, critic, critique
Examples
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The newspapers strongly criticised the government.
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It is easy to criticise, but hard to do better.
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He criticised my plan in front of everyone.
The person is a o, the review itself a kritiko. Like the English word, it covers both fault-finding and the honest work of a book or theatre critic.
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