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crisis
(encz) | crisis,krize |
Crisis
(gcide) | Crisis \Cri"sis\ (kr?"s?s), n.; pl. Crises (-s?z). [L. crisis,
Gr. ????, fr. ???? to separate. See Certain.]
1. The point of time when it is to be decided whether any
affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or
terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point.
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This hour's the very crisis of your fate. --Dryden.
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The very times of crisis for the fate of the
country. --Brougham.
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2. (Med.) That change in a disease which indicates whether
the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a
striking change of symptoms attended by an outward
manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat.
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Till some safe crisis authorize their skill.
--Dryden.
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crisis
(wn) | crisis
n 1: an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty;
"they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"
2: a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something;
"after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better" |
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crisis
(encz) | crisis,krize |
crisis intervention
(encz) | crisis intervention, n: |
economic crisis
(encz) | economic crisis, n: |
economic crisis (depression)
(encz) | economic crisis (depression),ekonomický krize (pokles) [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
identity crisis
(encz) | identity crisis, |
liquidity crisis
(encz) | liquidity crisis, n: |
midlife crisis
(encz) | midlife crisis,krize středního věku Zdeněk Brož |
Syncrisis
(gcide) | Syncrisis \Syn"cri*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a comparison; ?
together + ? to judge.] (Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are
compared. --Crabb.
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crisis
(wn) | crisis
n 1: an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty;
"they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"
2: a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something;
"after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better" |
crisis intervention
(wn) | crisis intervention
n 1: psychotherapy that focuses on acute critical situations
(depressive episodes or attempted suicides or drug
overdoses) with the aim of restoring the person to the
level of functioning before the crisis |
economic crisis
(wn) | economic crisis
n 1: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment
and low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn:
depression, slump, economic crisis] |
identity crisis
(wn) | identity crisis
n 1: distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence)
resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about
one's self and one's role in society |
liquidity crisis
(wn) | liquidity crisis
n 1: a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to
businesses and consumers and interest rates are high [syn:
credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeeze] |
crisis software
(foldoc) | Crisis Software
A small UK company producing software for the Acorn
Archimedes range of computers.
(http://dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~phid/Crisis/).
(1994-11-10)
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