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No matter how well you do, no matter how successful you are, they're always going to criticize you.
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Meaning of "criticize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CRITICIZE

criticize  [ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRITICIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Criticize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb criticize in English.

WHAT DOES CRITICIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of criticize in the English dictionary

The definition of criticize in the dictionary is to judge with disapproval; censure. Other definition of criticize is to evaluate or analyse.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CRITICIZE

PRESENT

Present
I criticize
you criticize
he/she/it criticizes
we criticize
you criticize
they criticize
Present continuous
I am criticizing
you are criticizing
he/she/it is criticizing
we are criticizing
you are criticizing
they are criticizing
Present perfect
I have criticized
you have criticized
he/she/it has criticized
we have criticized
you have criticized
they have criticized
Present perfect continuous
I have been criticizing
you have been criticizing
he/she/it has been criticizing
we have been criticizing
you have been criticizing
they have been criticizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I criticized
you criticized
he/she/it criticized
we criticized
you criticized
they criticized
Past continuous
I was criticizing
you were criticizing
he/she/it was criticizing
we were criticizing
you were criticizing
they were criticizing
Past perfect
I had criticized
you had criticized
he/she/it had criticized
we had criticized
you had criticized
they had criticized
Past perfect continuous
I had been criticizing
you had been criticizing
he/she/it had been criticizing
we had been criticizing
you had been criticizing
they had been criticizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will criticize
you will criticize
he/she/it will criticize
we will criticize
you will criticize
they will criticize
Future continuous
I will be criticizing
you will be criticizing
he/she/it will be criticizing
we will be criticizing
you will be criticizing
they will be criticizing
Future perfect
I will have criticized
you will have criticized
he/she/it will have criticized
we will have criticized
you will have criticized
they will have criticized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been criticizing
you will have been criticizing
he/she/it will have been criticizing
we will have been criticizing
you will have been criticizing
they will have been criticizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would criticize
you would criticize
he/she/it would criticize
we would criticize
you would criticize
they would criticize
Conditional continuous
I would be criticizing
you would be criticizing
he/she/it would be criticizing
we would be criticizing
you would be criticizing
they would be criticizing
Conditional perfect
I would have criticize
you would have criticize
he/she/it would have criticize
we would have criticize
you would have criticize
they would have criticize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been criticizing
you would have been criticizing
he/she/it would have been criticizing
we would have been criticizing
you would have been criticizing
they would have been criticizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you criticize
we let´s criticize
you criticize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to criticize
Past participle
criticized
Present Participle
criticizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRITICIZE


aestheticize
iːsˈθɛtɪˌsaɪz
anticize
ˈæntɪˌsaɪz
antisepticize
ˌæntɪˈsɛptɪˌsaɪz
asepticize
eɪˈseptɪˌsaɪz
atticize
ˈætɪˌsaɪz
criticise
ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz
depoliticise
ˌdiːpəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz
depoliticize
ˌdiːpəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz
elasticise
ɪˈlæstɪˌsaɪz
elasticize
ɪˈlæstɪˌsaɪz
eroticise
ɪˈrɒtɪˌsaɪz
eroticize
ɪˈrɒtɪˌsaɪz
fanaticize
fəˈnætɪˌsaɪz
hypercriticize
ˌhaɪpəˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz
mathematicize
ˌmæθəˈmætɪˌsaɪz
multisize
ˈmʌltɪˌsaɪz
plasticize
ˈplæstɪˌsaɪz
politicize
pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz
romanticize
rəʊˈmæntɪˌsaɪz
rusticize
ˈrʌstɪˌsaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRITICIZE

critical path method
critical period
critical point
critical pressure
critical region
critical state
critical temperature
critical volume
criticality
critically
criticalness
criticaster
criticisable
criticise
criticiser
criticisingly
criticism
criticizable
criticizer
criticizingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRITICIZE

anglicize
arabicize
catholicize
cliticize
domesticize
ethicize
Gallicize
Gothicize
hibernicize
Hispanicize
historicize
italicize
laicize
logicize
lyricize
metaphysicize
mythicize
ostracize
poeticize
publicize
theatricize

Synonyms and antonyms of criticize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CRITICIZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «criticize» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of criticize

Translation of «criticize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRITICIZE

Find out the translation of criticize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of criticize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «criticize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

批评
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

criticar
570 millions of speakers

English

criticize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आलोचना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَنْتَقِدُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

осуждать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

criticar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমালোচনা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

critiquer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengkritik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kritisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

批判する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비평하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyalahake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phê phán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விமர்சிக்கத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टीका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eleştirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

criticare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skrytykować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

критикувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a critica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επικρίνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kritiseer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kritisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kritisere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of criticize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRITICIZE»

The term «criticize» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.553 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRITICIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «criticize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «criticize» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about criticize

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10 QUOTES WITH «CRITICIZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word criticize.
1
Rowan Atkinson
To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom.
2
Ezra Taft Benson
What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means to love with all your emotional feelings and with all your devotion. Surely when you love your wife with all your heart, you cannot demean her, criticize her, find fault with her, or abuse her by words, sullen behavior, or actions.
3
H. G. Bissinger
If someone is going to criticize what you've written and you believe in what you've written then you should respond.
4
Rory Bremner
If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it.
5
Todd Bridges
No matter how well you do, no matter how successful you are, they're always going to criticize you.
6
George H. W. Bush
You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.
7
George W. Bush
I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.
8
Noam Chomsky
There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't duplicate that on blogs.
9
Bobby Clarke
All I can say is it's improper to criticize someone 30 years later.
10
Charles Horton Cooley
One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRITICIZE»

Discover the use of criticize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to criticize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
To Criticize the Critic and Other Writings
These influential essay and lectures by T. S. Eliot span nearly a half century--from 1917, when he published The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, to 1961, four years before his death.
Thomas Stearns Eliot, 1965
2
Can't I Love What I Criticize?: The Masculine and Morrison
Taking a close look at all the key male figures in Toni Morrison’s eight novels, this book explores Morrison’s admitted, but critically neglected, interest in the relationships between African American men and women and the “axes” ...
Susan Neal Mayberry, 2007
3
Sociological Theory - A Contemporary View: How to Read, ...
Featuring a new Preface by the author, as well as a new 2011 Foreword by Arlie Russell Hochschild, this book makes understanding the insides of a theoretical framework as clear as such a daunting feat can credibly be accomplished.
Neil J. Smelser, 2013
4
America: Criticize It But Stay
Dr. David Rabeeya. CRITICIZE IT BUT STAY Dr. David Rabeeya America: Criticize It But Stay America: Criticize It But Stay. Front Cover.
Dr. David Rabeeya
5
Flip Dictionary
CRIMP - CRITICIZE IN HINDSIGHT crime, lack of state of mind to commit a certain: diminished capacity crime, performance of a: commission, perpetration crime, proof of a: corpus delicti crime, shocking: atrocity crime, study of: criminology ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2002
6
The Critical Edge: How to Criticize Up and Down Your ...
Details how to convert criticism in the workplace from a painful confrontation into a successful experience, outlining how to criticize the boss, coworkers, or subordinates and how to make the process mutually beneficial
Hendrie Weisinger, 1989
7
Circulation of Thought - 1954
I think it is much more important to criticize the president of this college than the pres- -- criticize the president of the United States, because I know a little bit more about the college than I know about the United States, you know. But it's more ...
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, 1997
8
Honest Man's Philosophy: How to Analyze, Criticize and ...
" If you believe you know all of the questions and all of the answers, this book may not be for you. To these three, add a forth, "Courage." This book is not intended for the dishonest, or for moral cowards.
Jr Thomas E Blaylock, Thomas Blaylock, 2005
9
Patriotism, Morality, and Peace
They need not, however, be committed to the automatic acceptance of any policy. Criticism of one's own country's policies and actions are entirely compatible with a patriotic attitude. Indeed, genuine patriotism requires that one criticize ...
Stephen Nathanson, 1993
10
The Athenian Revolution: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy ...
Chapter. 10. HOW. TO. CRITICIZE. DEMOCRACY. IN. LATE. FIFTH-. AND. FOURTH-CENTURY. ATHENS. This essay was adapted from a frequently rewritten introduction to a book-in-progress on Athenian critics of popular rule ( see Chapter ...
Josiah Ober, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRITICIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term criticize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Senators quiz military chiefs, criticize US fight against IS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter testifies at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 7, 2015 ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
Attorneys for Auschwitz survivors criticize Germany for taking too …
Former SS officer Oskar Groening, left, arrives at a courtroom in Lueneburg, northern Germany, Wednesday July 8, 2015. German prosecutors ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
3
Iowa egg, poultry groups criticize USDA handling of bird flu
WASHINGTON – Egg and poultry groups Tuesday criticized the Agriculture Department's handling of the worst avian flu outbreak in U.S. history ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
4
British rabbis criticize Austrian counterparts for shunning divorcee
(JTA) — Leading British rabbis criticized their Austrian counterparts for shunning an Orthodox British woman living in Vienna who lost custody ... «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jul 15»
5
'B' on a cross: Netizens criticize VP Binay's bracelets
MANILA, Philippines – Netizens were abuzz on Tuesday, July 7, over a bracelet with a "B" painted on its pendant, which happened to be a ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
6
Lawmakers Criticize Federal Officials on Release of San Francisco …
Washington—Lawmakers criticized federal officials Tuesday for failing to deport an immigrant with multiple felony convictions and an ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
7
Fayose: Nigerians criticize El-Rufai's son for calling Ekiti governor a …
Bashir El-Rufai made the comment on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, after a Twitter user criticized Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola. «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
8
Educators, parents, students criticize proposed replacement to …
Prof. Stephen G. Sireci, who is the director of the Center for Educational Assessment at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, speaks ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»
9
NFL.com analysts criticize Ben Roethlisberger's Top 100 ranking
As the NFL Top 100 reveal comes to a close on Wednesday night, NFL.com analysts are giving their own opinions about the list and where the ... «247Sports, Jul 15»
10
Students criticize new loan repayment program
Ontario students can now pay off their debts using Aeroplan miles in a new initiative being rolled out by the Government of Ontario, the Ontario ... «Varsity, Jul 15»

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