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# crisis

«crisis» in Mova's school dictionary: **a time of great danger, difficulty or trouble when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a crisis, crises)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A crisis is a time of great danger, difficulty or trouble when important decisions must be made. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#m1)

2) A crisis is a turning point when things will get either much better or much worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#m2)

3) (informal) People jokingly call a small problem a crisis, like a hair crisis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the news and in history lessons: an energy crisis, a food crisis, a health crisis. In safety it means an emergency when you need help. In stories it is the most tense moment of the plot. Informally it can be exaggeration. Phrases: in crisis, crisis point, a crisis of confidence, midlife crisis.

### examples

- The town faced a crisis when the river flooded the streets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#x1)
- During the water crisis, families had to save every drop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#x2)
- The hospital was in crisis because so many people were ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#x3)
- Don't panic — this is not a crisis, it's just a spilled drink! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#x4)
- The story reaches its crisis when the boat starts to sink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#x5)
- In a crisis, stay calm and call 999 or 911. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#x6)
- Leaders met to solve the crisis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#x7)
- Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/#x8)

### note

Plural is irregular: one crisis, two crises (CRY-seez). Countable. Adjective: critical. «Midlife crisis» is an informal phrase about adults who suddenly worry about their age.

### In the corpora

- ["Going through a rough patch" can mean being depressed or in a mental health crisis, or simply having a hard time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/12/)
- ["Exhaustion", in a press statement about a famous person, often hides a crisis with drink or drugs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/7/)
- [Staying calm in a crisis lets you do something useful, such as fetching a teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/386-lily-the-calm-princess/21/)
- [Other long wars and crises include Yemen, the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar and Haiti.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others/3/)
- [Charities often prefer money to tins and clothes, because they can buy what is needed near the crisis faster and more cheaply.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crisis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.