adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a seriously ill/critically ill patient
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The ward was packed with seriously ill patients.
be badly/seriously/critically injured
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Two people have been critically injured in an accident.
be critically wounded (= be so badly wounded that you might die )
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He was critically wounded in the attack.
critically acclaimed (= praised by people who are paid to give their opinion on art, music etc )
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His work was critically acclaimed .
critically ill (= so ill that you might die )
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He got news that his mother was critically ill in hospital.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
ill
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The abilities of staff and availability of facilities to care for critically ill patients vary in all areas of health care.
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If the infant is critically ill , we talk with them at least twice a day.
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In April 1946, Moritz was critically ill .
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He was taken to hospital critically ill with severe head injuries - leaving girlfriend Donna Lorenz, 23, speechless.
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Last night Suzanne was critically ill in intensive care at Withington Hospital.
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It will be the first journal to make immediately available findings that could save or extend the lives of critically ill patients.
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The unprovoked attack has left the man critically ill in hospital.
important
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The first five years of life are critically important in shaping every person's unique individuality.
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That this critically important service is badly needed for all media use goes without saying, and here is a model.
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Awareness of such differences is critically important in creating Great Groups.
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Further, whatever subjects were chosen, it was the tutor who was the critically important factor in success or failure.
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Those individuals will form the critically important vanguard of a new workforce.
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As a result, planning the future has become even more critically important .
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That became a critically important factor for Nixon.
■ VERB
acclaim
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But the colliery band played on-providing the story behind the critically acclaimed film Brassed Off starring Ewan MacGregor.
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Collins also played Valentine in the critically acclaimed 1989 movie.
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From the outset, they were critically acclaimed .
depend
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Such studies depend critically upon a knowledge of the total baseline flora in particular environments.
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The size and length of an irrigation ditch depend critically on the number of people who use it.
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The impact of these policies towards this goal depends critically on how they are implemented.
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It depends critically on the description language.
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The response depends critically on the particular experimental method used to provoke it.
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The implementation of such policies depends critically on the refereeing of research proposals and the operation of grant-awarding committees.
evaluate
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From 1884 to his death Lewis was involved in critically evaluating Robert Koch's bacteriological explanation of cholera.
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To work in groups and be able to critically evaluate materials.
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In the process, world-system theories, and particularly the idea of a new international division of labour, are critically evaluated .
examine
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Consequently it is important to critically examine its basis in reality.
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The regulatory commissions and antitrust laws will be examined critically in Chapter 34.
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You may wish to consider the nature of its nationalisation programme and critically examine how radical or socialist it was.
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It requires that we critically examine a beliefs rooted in our understanding of Scripture that previously seemed so clear.
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To this end it examines critically the assumptions underlying the advocacy of these employment policies.
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Thus it is important to examine critically the different explanations of our present plight, and the different proposals to solve it.
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We must also examine critically the notion that individual practitioners enjoy an autonomy which is somehow derived from that of the collectivity.
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What the model does is to suggest at least two things that need to be examined critically .
injure
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The fourth man was critically injured .
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There were at least 45 bodies and many more victims were critically injured , the officials said.
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A businessman walking to his car was struck by lightning and critically injured as co-workers watched in awe.
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Of the 15 people on board, three died and five were critically injured .
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About 70 people were injured in Seattle, including two men critically injured from an assault and a fall from an overpass.
look
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New habits Look critically at your daily routine.
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It requires teachers to look critically at their own present practice as well as being able to conceive of alternatives.
think
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The government can not tell its citizens not to think critically of the law or the government.
wounded
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A settlers' spokesman said that the motorist was critically wounded .
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Mrs Mitchley's husband, Norman, 47, is critically wounded .
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If fighting breaks out, they tell her, every bed may be needed for critically wounded GIs.
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Hamilton in Z2901 being shot down and critically wounded by Graf von Kageneck; he died shortly afterwards.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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College taught me to think critically about religion.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result, planning the future has become even more critically important.
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She tried to stop the children visiting their critically ill father.
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Such publications must be treated critically .
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The size and length of an irrigation ditch depend critically on the number of people who use it.