(n) the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

(n) (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

(n) an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"

(n) the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle"

(n) a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye"

(n) a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"

(n) the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube"

(n) a projecting part that is corner-shaped; "he knocked off the corners"

(n) a small concavity

(n) a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner"

(n) a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market"

(v) turn a corner; "the car corners"

(v) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

(v) gain control over; "corner the gold market"

(a) marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

(a) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"

(a) being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"

(a) at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass";

(s) forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"

(s) urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"

(a) of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; "critical acclaim"

(n) used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";

(n) recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

(n) an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work

(n) approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"

(n) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical

(n) arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

(n) money available for a client to borrow

(n) an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

(v) have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

(v) give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"

(v) give credit for; "She was not properly credited in the program"

(v) accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100"

(n) the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"

(n) value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"

(n) the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

(v) require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"

(v) be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"

(n) someone who pays for goods or services

(n) a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

(n) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

(n) a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories

(n) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the

(n) a seat of government

(n) wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

(n) assets available for use in the production of further assets

(s) uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

(s) of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"

(s) punishable by death; "a capital offense"

(s) first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"