Antonyms for crises

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kreez

Phonetic Transcription : kriz

Definition of crises

Origin : early 15c., from Latinized form of Greek krisis "turning point in a disease" (used as such by Hippocrates and Galen), literally "judgment, result of a trial, selection," from krinein "to separate, decide, judge," from PIE root *krei- "to sieve, discriminate, distinguish" (cf. Greek krinesthai "to explain;" Old English hriddel "sieve;" Latin cribrum "sieve," crimen "judgment, crime," cernere (past participle cretus) "to sift, separate;" Old Irish criathar, Old Welsh cruitr "sieve;" Middle Irish crich "border, boundary"). Transferred non-medical sense is 1620s in English. A German term for "mid-life crisis" is Torschlusspanik, literally "shut-door-panic," fear of being on the wrong side of a closing gate.

noun critical situation

Example sentences :

There were two crises then, one on each floor of the big house.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

These crises were sharp, but they left a sweet taste in the memory.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

The crises of her life did not usually find her so unprepared.
Extract from : « A Woman for Mayor » by Helen M. Winslow

This is one of the crises in which my theory of “inspiration first” may fail.
Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall

There are two crises in the history of grave and sensitive natures.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by John Morley

Yet I do not wish to furnish the impression that crises are negligible.
Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann

In the crises of a great war Cabals and Juntos go by the board.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

Isn't it odd how unconvinced we often are by the crises in the lives of other people?
Extract from : « The Friendly Road » by (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker

The discussion before the Senate committee was one of the crises in Eads's life.
Extract from : « James B. Eads » by Louis How

So Samson advises, so we act; wisely, in this and in other crises of the business.
Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle

Synonyms for crises

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