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criticizes

criticizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of criticize.

Meaning of criticize

Verb

criticize (third-person singular simple present criticizes, present participle criticizing, simple past and past participle criticized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive, transitive) To find fault (with something).
    • They criticized him for endangering people's lives.
    Synonyms:
    censure, pick at
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive, transitive) To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
    Synonyms:
    censure, appraise, judge

Questions about criticizes

What is criticizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Criticizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of criticize.

Words near criticizes in the dictionary

  1. criticizations
  2. criticize
  3. criticized
  4. criticizer
  5. criticizers
  6. criticizes
  7. criticizin'
  8. criticizing
  9. criticizingly
  10. critick
  11. criticked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: criticizes (page history and authors); criticize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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