criticizes
UK spellingcriticises
- 1Third-person singular simple present indicative of criticize.
The columnist regularly criticizes the mayor for ignoring local schools.
Whenever the committee criticizes a proposal, it offers a clear alternative.
Note
The -s form carries both meanings of the verb: the everyday one, finding fault, and the critic's one, weighing merits against faults. Context decides which is meant, so a reviewer who criticizes a film may still praise much of it. It works with or without an object (she criticizes the plan; he criticizes constantly). The -ize spelling is standard in American English and in Oxford-style British spelling.
criticizes is a form of criticize
criticize, verb: To point out the faults or problems in someone or something. Full entry
- Forms
- criticizecriticizes he/she/itcriticizing -ing formcriticized past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- criticize → criticizes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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