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? — deniko
deHat Tom die Kriterien zum Bestehen der Klasse erfüllt? — Trinkschokolade
Money is not a criterion of success.
ruДеньги не критерий успеха. — odexed
deGeld ist kein Erfolgskriterium. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
What criteria do you use in deciding who to vote for?
ruПо каким критериям вы определяете, за кого голосовать? — fjay69
deNach welchen Kriterien entscheidest du, wen du wählst? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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. — Internecivus
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