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- Dictionarycri·sis/ˈkrīsəs/
noun
- 1. a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger: "the current economic crisis" Similar
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1. a. : the turning point for better or worse in an acute disease or fever. b. : a paroxysmal attack of pain, distress, or disordered function. c. : an emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a person's life. a midlife crisis. 2. : the decisive moment (as in a literary plot) The crisis of the play occurs in Act 3. 3. a.
CRISIS definition: 1. a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering: 2. an extremely difficult or dangerous…. Learn more.
a condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change. a dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person's life. Medicine/Medical. the point in the course of a serious disease at which a decisive change occurs, leading either to recovery or to death.
A crisis is a difficult or dangerous time in which a solution is needed — and quickly. For example, the crisis caused by a natural disaster might inspire you and your friends to make a donation.
CRISIS meaning: 1. a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering: 2. an extremely difficult or dangerous…. Learn more.
A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems. Natural disasters have obviously contributed to the continent's economic crisis. He had made arrangements for additional funding before the company was in crisis.
a time of great danger, difficulty or doubt when problems must be solved or important decisions must be made. an economic/a financial crisis. The government is attempting to solve the debt crisis through spending cuts. The government is facing a political crisis. a humanitarian crisis created by war and drought. a housing/an energy crisis.
Definition of Crisis from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Crisis. /ˈkraɪsɪs/ a British charity for homeless people that began in 1972, and that offers education, employment, housing and other services. Each year it also uses empty buildings in large cities to give people shelter, food and clothing in the time around Christmas.
a time of great danger, difficulty, or confusion when problems must be solved or important decisions must be made a political/financial crisis the government's latest economic crisis The business is still in crisis but it has survived the worst of the recession.
a situation or time that is extremely dangerous or difficult: an economic / financial crisis. The country's leadership is in crisis. See also. mid-life crisis. Fewer examples. He's having a crisis at work. There is a deepening crisis in the region. If one of the family has a crisis we rally round them.
