Third-person singular or plural present tense of criticize (American spelling); finds fault with or evaluates judgmentally.
From criticize (American spelling, from critic) plus -es verb ending. Standard conjugation following English verb conjugation rules.
The American 'criticizes' and British 'criticises' are pronounced identically but spelled differently—a reminder that the spelling divide happened centuries after pronunciation had already merged.
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