CRITICAL POINT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

Example:

he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point

Synonyms:

critical point; crossroads; juncture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("critical point" is a kind of...):

crisis (an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "critical point"):

criticality (a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining)