Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

criticise

verb

Also a form of criticize

Forms criticises criticising criticised

Synonyms

From critic + -ise, see criticize.

verb To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.
verb To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct.
verb To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment; to play the critic; --formerly used with on or upon.
verb To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault.

Etymology [Written also, more analogically, but less commonly, criticize.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “criticise”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details