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{ "term": "critique", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox5000": true, "cefr": "c1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a piece of written criticism of a set of ideas, a work of art, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "She wrote a feminist critique of Freud's theories." }, { "text": "The book provides a radical critique of modern workplace structures." } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["detailed", "effective", "incisive"], "verb + critique": ["give", "make", "offer"], "preposition": ["critique of"] } } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/krɪˈtiːk/", "audio": "cr/critique/critique__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/krɪˈtiːk/", "audio": "cr/critique/critique__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (as a noun): from French, based on Greek kritikē tekhnē ‘critical art’." }