critical stage

collocation in English

meaningsofcriticalandstage

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critical
adjective
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofcriticalandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcritical stage

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Young people around age fifteen are at acriticalstagein their lives.
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Choosing an appropriate coordinate, the transition can be described by thecriticalstageof a circle map, which is known as a typical chaotic map.
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Insecticide drift at the latter orchard had, for instance, reduced the level of scale parasitism and predation during thecriticalstagefor mortality in 1998.
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It received a death blow after the war of 1948, at acriticalstageof its development.
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There is possibly a situation where somecriticalstageof a task is unable to finish, referred to as livelock.
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An already dangerous situation reached thecriticalstageas the climate was doing strange things.
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The delivery of the ransom, including the form and denomination in which ransom should be paid, represented the mostcriticalstageof decision-making.
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This remains so until a certaincriticalstagein the germination programme is reached, after which dehydration leads to death of the embryo.
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All modules contain loop statements, which means that the programs may stall or may be in a situation in which somecriticalstageof a task is unable to finish.
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Percent seed damage declined with pod age, thecriticalstagefor pod bug infestation being when pods were about eight days old.
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Just as birds form an enduring bond with their caregivers through experience at acriticalstageof imprinting, infant primates enter life prepared to bond with the mother.
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Besides, monthly averages of radiation can disguise damaging shorter periods of continuous heavy cloud and low radiation, which can occur at thecriticalstagein this (and most other) environments.
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Today, the negotiations have reached acriticalstage.
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Hopefully we can make the future, even at thiscriticalstage, a better one.
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That holds them back at acriticalstagein their life, and some people never recover from that impediment.
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His successor then became seriously ill just when negotiations had reached acriticalstage.
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We are at acriticalstagein the development of renewable energy.
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The health of the mother and the normality of the child must be considered during thiscriticalstageof development.
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We are at the mostcriticalstageof the war.
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That is the problem we are considering, but, evidently, we must not prejudice the production of munitions in thiscriticalstageof the war.
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