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How to pronounce crises

IPA transcription: [k'ɹaɪsiz]

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Noun

  • an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

    “they went bankrupt during the economic crisis”

  • a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something

    “after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better”

Usage examples

  • But once family members have weathered their personal crises, little seems to have changed.
  • There are free courses that teach how to provide healthcare in humanitarian crises situations.
  • These are then argued to cause financial and hence economic crises.
  • Thanks to this, future crises will no longer take us by surprise.
  • Both characters head for psychological crises, but only one survives the wreckage.
  • After the Berlin and Cuba crises, tensions tapered off between the two superpowers.
  • There are free courses that teach how to provide healthcare in humanitarian crises situations.
  • There are free courses that teach how to provide healthcare in humanitarian crises situations.
  • Without such a reform, we will not be able to get an effective tool for countering global crises.
  • Other television productions that simulate devastating crises in a documentary format predate "Without Warning".