crises
- 1Plural of crisis.
The region endured back-to-back humanitarian crises after the floods.
Political crises forced three governments to resign that year.
Note
A Greek pattern shapes the plural: a singular ending in -is changes to -es, as thesis becomes theses and axis becomes axes. One plural covers every meaning of the singular, from political turmoil to the turning point of a fever to the peak of a play's conflict. The same spelling also belongs to an unrelated plural of crise, a different word with its own history.
- 2Plural of crise. Obsolete.
Note
An obsolete spelling of kris stands behind this plural. Because the singular crise has fallen out of use, a reader should expect this plural only in older writing. In modern texts, the same spelling almost always means the plural of crisis, and context makes it clear which word is meant.
crises is a form of crisis
crisis, noun: A time of serious difficulty, danger or instability, in public affairs or in a person's life, often one that threatens sudden, major change. Full entry
- Forms
- crisiscrises plural
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