See Also: Crisis(money)
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Crisis Management(money)
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therapeutic crisis(medicine)
tabetic crisis(medicine)
ocular crisis(medicine)

crisis (oh)



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[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek krisis 'decision', from krinein; CRITERION]
a situation in which there are a lot of problems that must be dealt with quickly so that the situation does not get worse or more dangerous
-see also emergency emergency
::The country now faces an economic crisis .
::The Prime Minister was criticized for the way in which he handled the crisis .
::the current debt crisis
::a major political crisis
::I was relieved that we had averted yet another financial crisis .
::Oil companies were heavily criticized when they made large profits during the oil crisis of the 1970s.
::The car industry is now in crisis .
::He doesn't seem to be very good at crisis management .
a time when a personal emotional problem or situation has reached its worst point
::an emotional crisis
::In times of crisis, you find out who your real friends are.
::He seems to be going through a crisis .
::She has reached a crisis point in her career.
::Both parties experienced an identity crisis (=feeling of uncertainty about their purpose) at the end of the '90s.
crisis of confidence
a situation in which people no longer believe that a government or an economic system is working properly, and will no longer support it or work with it
::There seems to be a crisis of confidence in the economy.
crisis of conscience
a situation in which someone feels worried or uncomfortable because they have done something which they think is wrong or immoral
-see also midlife crisis
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
economic/financial/political crisis
deal with/handle a crisis
energy/oil/housing crisis
debt/budget crisis
a crisis erupts/arises
a major/severe crisis
resolve/solve/defuse a crisis
avert a crisis
in/during a crisis
be in crisis
crisis management (=dealing with a crisis)