Crisis vs. Crises

Crisisnoun

A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.

Crisesnoun

plural of crisis

Crisisnoun

An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.

Crisisnoun

A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.

Crisisnoun

(psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.

Crisisnoun

(drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.

Crisisnoun

The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point.

‘This hour's the very crisis of your fate.’; ‘The very times of crisis for the fate of the country.’;

Crisisnoun

That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat.

‘Till some safe crisis authorize their skill.’;

Crisisnoun

an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty;

‘they went bankrupt during the economic crisis’;

Crisisnoun

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

‘after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better’;

Crisisnoun

a time of intense difficulty or danger

‘the monarchy was in crisis’; ‘the current economic crisis’;

Crisisnoun

a time when a difficult or important decision must be made

‘the situation has reached crisis point’;

Crisisnoun

the turning point of a disease when an important change takes place, indicating either recovery or death.

Crisis

A crisis (plural: adjectival form: ) is any event or period that will lead, or may lead, to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. Crises are negative changes in the human or environmental affairs, especially when they occur abruptly, with little or no warning.

‘crises’; ‘critical’;