criterion
A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared…A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.
» Did Tom meet the criteria for passing this class?
Hat Tom die Kriterien zum Bestehen der Klasse erfüllt?
Том відповідає критеріям, щоб здати екзамен з цього предмету?
Meaning
1 sensesA standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.
Near-synonym: benchmark
criterion of choice, of decision, of selection
Kriterium
крите́рийkritɛ́rij, мери́лоmerílo
крите́рійkrytérij, міри́лоmirýlo
- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
Examples
33 sentencesDid Tom meet the criteria for passing this class?
Том відповідає критеріям, щоб здати екзамен з цього предмету?
deHat Tom die Kriterien zum Bestehen der Klasse erfüllt?
Money is not a criterion of success.
ruДеньги не критерий успеха.
deGeld ist kein Erfolgskriterium.
What criteria do you use in deciding who to vote for?
ruПо каким критериям вы определяете, за кого голосовать?
deNach welchen Kriterien entscheidest du, wen du wählst?
Americans are said to regard the amount of money a man makes as a criterion of his ability.
Кажуть, що американці вважають кількість грошей, яку заробляє людина, мірилом його уміння.
He judges me based on superficial criteria.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion, “a test, a means of judFrom New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion, “a test, a means of judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”), from κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”); see critic.
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Forms
plural: criteriaSynonyms
4 synonyms- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged:standard
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated:standardmeasuretouchstone
Word family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular