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# critique

noun (critique, critiques); verb (critique, critiques, critiqued, critiquing)

«critique» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A careful written judgement of a book, play or work, saying what is good and what is weak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/critique/#m1)
2. (verb) To judge and comment on something in this careful way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/critique/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories and school talk, a careful opinion of a book or work, saying good and bad points

### Examples

- The teacher wrote a critique of my story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/critique/#x1)
- Her critique of the play was fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/critique/#x2)
- We critiqued each other's poems in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/critique/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «critique» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/critique/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«critique» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/critique.html) on Mova free.