noun
Meaning 1
A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
crisis
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪsɪs/
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Australian: /ˈkɹɑesɪs/
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New-Zealand: /ˈkɹaɪsəs/
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New-Zealand: [ˈkɹɑe̯səs]
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noun
Meaning 2
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
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noun
Meaning 3
A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
Examples
- I'm having a major crisis trying to wallpaper the living room.
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noun
Meaning 5
A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, drama, dramaturgy, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater
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noun
Meaning 6
a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better
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Broader terms: juncture, occasion
Narrower terms: emergency, exigency, pinch
noun
Meaning 7
an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they went bankrupt during the economic crisis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: situation
Narrower terms: Dunkirk, exigency, juncture, critical point, crossroads, depression, slump, economic crisis
History
Etymology
From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρίνω (krínō, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).
Across languages
Translations
192 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ճգնաժամ (čgnažam) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Bulgarian: кри́за (kríza) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Catalan: crisi — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Czech: rozhodující okamžik — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Danish: vendepunkt — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Danish: krise — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Dutch: crisis — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Dutch: keerpunt — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Finnish: kriisi — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Galician: crise — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Georgian: კრიზისი (ḳrizisi) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Georgian: გარდამტეხი წერტილი (gardamṭexi c̣erṭili) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Georgian: შემობრუნების წერტილი (šemobrunebis c̣erṭili) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- German: Krise — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Greek: κρίση (krísi) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Hungarian: krízis — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Ido: krizo — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Japanese: 危機 (kiki) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Korean: 위기 (wigi) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Malayalam: പ്രതിസന്ധി (pratisandhi) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Portuguese: crise — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Romanian: moment crucial — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Romanian: toi — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Russian: кри́зис (krízis) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Russian: перело́м (perelóm) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Russian: поворо́тный пункт (povorótnyj punkt) — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Serbo-Croatian: прѐкретница — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Serbo-Croatian: prèkretnica — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Slovak: rozhodujúci okamih — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Spanish: crisis — crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
- Albanian: krizë — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Arabic: أَزْمَة (ʔazma) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Arabic: بُحْرَان (buḥrān) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Armenian: ճգնաժամ (čgnažam) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Armenian: կրիզիս (krizis) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Assamese: হাহাকাৰ (hahakar) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Assamese: হুৱাদুৱা (huadua) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Assamese: সংকট (xoṅkot) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Azerbaijani: böhran — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Belarusian: кры́зіс (krýzis) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Belarusian: кры́за (krýza) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Bengali: সঙ্কট (śoṅkoṭ) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Bhojpuri: संकट (saṅkaṭ) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Bulgarian: кри́за (kríza) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Burmese: အကျပ်အတည်း (a.kyap-a.tany:) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Catalan: crisi — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Chinese Cantonese: 危機 /危机 (ngai4 gei1) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Chinese: 危機 /危机 (zh-min-nan) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Chinese Mandarin: 危機 /危机 (wēijī) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Czech: krize — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Danish: krise — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Dutch: crisis — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Esperanto: krizo — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Estonian: kriis — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Finnish: kriisi — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- French: crise — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Galician: crise — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Georgian: კრიზისი (ḳrizisi) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- German: Krise — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Greek: κρίση (krísi) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Hebrew: מַשְׁבֵּר (mashber) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Hindi: संकट (saṅkaṭ) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Hungarian: válság — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Hungarian: krízis — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Icelandic: kreppa — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Ido: krizo — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Indonesian: krisis — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Irish: géarchéim — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Italian: crisi — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Japanese: 危機 (kiki) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Japanese: クライシス (kuraishisu) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Kannada: ಬಿಕ್ಕಟ್ಟು (bikkaṭṭu) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Kazakh: дағдарыс (dağdarys) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Khmer: វិបត្តិ (vipatteʼ) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Korean: 위기 (wigi) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Central Kurdish: قەیران (qeyran) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Northern Kurdish: krîz — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Northern Kurdish: qeyran — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Northern Kurdish: buhran — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Kyrgyz: кризис (krizis) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Kyrgyz: каатчылык (kaatcılık) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Lao: ວິກິດຕິການ (wi kit ti kān) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Latvian: krīze — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Lithuanian: krizė — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Macedonian: кри́за (kríza) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Malay: kemelut — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Malay: krisis — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Malayalam: പ്രതിസന്ധി (pratisandhi) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Maltese: kriżi — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Māori: tairaru — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Mongolian: хямрал (xjamral) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Mongolian: кризис (krizis) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Norwegian Bokmål: krise — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Pashto: بحران (bohrān) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Pashto: کړکېچ (kəṛkeč) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Persian: بُحْرَان (buhrān) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Iranian Persian: بُحْران (bohrân) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Polish: kryzys — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Portuguese: crise — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Romanian: criză — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Russian: кри́зис (krízis) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Scottish Gaelic: èiginn — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Scottish Gaelic: gàbhadh — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Serbo-Croatian: кри́за — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Serbo-Croatian: kríza — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Slovak: kríza — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Slovene: kriza — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Spanish: crisis — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Swedish: kris — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Tagalog: krisis — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Tajik: бӯҳрон (bühron) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Tajik: кризис (krizis) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Tatar: кризис (krizis) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Telugu: సంక్షోభం (saṅkṣōbhaṁ) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Thai: วิกฤตการณ์ (wí-grìt-dtà-gaan) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Turkish: kriz — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Turkish: buhran — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Turkish: bunalım — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Ottoman Turkish: بحران (buḥrān) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Turkmen: krizis — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Ukrainian: кри́за (krýza) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Urdu: بُحْران (buhrān) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Uyghur: كرىزىس (krizis) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Uzbek: krizis — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Uzbek: buhron — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Vietnamese: khủng hoảng — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Yiddish: קריזיס (krizis) — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Yoruba: rògbòdìyàn — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Yoruba: yánpọnyánrin — unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs
- Bulgarian: кри́за (kríza) — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Catalan: crisi — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Czech: krize — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Danish: vendepunkt — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Danish: krise — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Dutch: crisis — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Finnish: kriisi — sudden change in the course of a disease
- German: Krise — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Greek: κρίση (krísi) — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Irish: aothú — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Italian: emergenza — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Japanese: 分利 (bunri) — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Korean: 분리 (bulli) — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Portuguese: crise — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Romanian: criză — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Russian: кри́зис (krízis) — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Russian: криз (kriz) — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Slovak: kríza — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Spanish: crisis — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Turkish: nöbet — sudden change in the course of a disease
- Arabic: أَزْمَة (ʔazma) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Catalan: crisi — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Chinese Cantonese: 危機 /危机 (ngai4 gei1) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Chinese Mandarin: 危機 /危机 (wēijī) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Czech: krize — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Danish: krise — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Faroese: kreppa — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Finnish: kriisi — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- French: crise — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Galician: crise — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Georgian: კრიზისი (ḳrizisi) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- German: Krise — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Greek: κρίση (krísi) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Hebrew: מַשְׁבֵּר (mashbér) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Hungarian: krízis — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Icelandic: kreppa — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Ido: krizo — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Italian: crisi — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Japanese: 危機 (kiki) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Japanese: クライシス (kuraishisu) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Korean: 위기 (wigi) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Māori: maiki — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Māori: tairaru — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Portuguese: crise — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Romanian: criză — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Russian: кри́зис (krízis) — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Scottish Gaelic: èiginn — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Scottish Gaelic: gàbhadh — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Slovak: kríza — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Swedish: kris — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Swedish: livskris — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Turkish: çöküntü — traumatic or stressful change in a person's life
- Catalan: crisi — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- Czech: krize — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- Danish: krise — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- Dutch: breekpunt — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- Finnish: kriisi — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- German: Krise — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- Portuguese: crise dramática — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- Portuguese: crise — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- Romanian: criză — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- Russian: кри́зис (krízis) — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
- Slovak: kríza — point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved
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