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criterion
What does criterion mean?
criterion (noun): a standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use criterion in a sentence?
How do you pronounce criterion?
/kɹaɪˈtɪɹiən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does criterion come from?
From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion, “a test, a means of judging”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of criterion?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “criterion” mean?
a fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate
Not quite: that's what colleague means.
a standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge
Right! That's what “criterion” means.
an exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession
Not quite: that's what monopoly means.
a picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner
Not quite: that's what collage means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “criterion”?
standard
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