All 10 Uses
critical
in
The Da Vinci Code
(Edited)
- The circle had been the missing critical element.
Chpt 8 *critical = important
- He could imagine nothing important enough that Collet would interrupt this surveillance cachée—especially at this critical juncture.
Chpt 9
- Recently the Board of Ministers and the media had become more openly critical of Fache's aggressive tactics, his clashes with powerful foreign embassies, and his gross overbudgeting on new technologies.
Chpt 13-14 *critical = disapproving
- The first hour was critical.
Chpt 35-36critical = important
- Nonetheless, establishing Christ's divinity was critical to the further unification of the Roman empire and to the new Vatican power base.
Chpt 55-56
- Christ as Messiah was critical to the functioning of Church and state.
Chpt 55-56
- The caller said it was critical you contact him immediately.
Chpt 59-60
- A child of Jesus would undermine the critical notion of Christ's divinity and therefore the Christian Church, which declared itself the sole vessel through which humanity could access the divine and gain entrance to the kingdom of heaven.
Chpt 59-60
- Gettum sensed an urgency in the eyes of this famed American scholar, almost as if his finding this tomb quickly were a matter of critical importance.
Chpt 91-92critical = serious
- Forcing his mind to this critical task, Langdon moved slowly toward the far windows...allowing his mind to fill with the numerous astronomical images on Newton's tomb.
Chpt 101-102critical = important
Definitions:
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(1)
(critical as in: a critical problem) important, serious, or dangerous
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(2)
(critical as in: don't be so critical) finding fault and telling others; or tending to have unfavorable opinions
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(3)
(critical as in: critical acclaim) relating to careful analysis or thoughtful judgement of what is good and bad about something -- possibly from people whose job is to share their expert opinions in a given industry
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) See a comprehensive dictionary for more specialized senses of critical including those in mathematics and nuclear energy.