critical

[Taka]

How would you interpret 'critical ideas'? What do you think it means?

[Chicken Sandwich]

NOT A TEACHER

From the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:

6making judgments making careful judgments about how good or bad something is : His book provides a critical analysis of the television industry in Britain.
She looked round the room with a critical eye .

[SoothingDave]

Context?

[emsr2d2]

Just to show how important context is, it's worth mentioning that my initial contextless thought was of a totally different definition from the one suggested by Chicken Sandwich.

[Taka]

I don't have context for that one and I'm at a loss, so I asked the question.

So let me ask this way.

Is there any other way to interpret it than what CS suggested?

[SoothingDave]

"Critical" can mean "Very important" or "crucial." Like "reducing entitlement costs is critical to the health of the economy."

Or it can be like a movie critic and his critical ideas about how to improve a film.

[Taka]

"Critical" can mean "Very important" or "crucial." Like "reducing entitlement costs is critical to the health of the economy."

That's how I understand it at first.

So it's quite ambiguous as a stand alone phrase. Good.


Thanks!