criterium
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9.3
- noun
- /kraɪˈtɪəriəm/
- Experience is often considered the most important criterium when hiring new staff.
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Watch on YouTubeI trusted her to pick out a dress that met the criteria and was appropriate.
- I trusted her to pick out a dress that met the criteria and was appropriate.
- So people have to meet those two basic criteria before we say they are addicted.
- Diagnosis often has very, very stringent criteria on performance.
- So ultimately in order to diagnose IBS, you have to fulfill specific pattern based criteria.
- But if you're doing things on other people's criteria standards and you fail, you feel terrible.
- Here it's not just reason, but also insight that it is using as a criteria.
- Like I don't, I think lists can often minimize who you meet because you have such a criteria.
- So when you're in that moment where you've just, you're thinking about it and you're thinking your criteria for, you know, choosing the school for your child or whatever that might be.
Examples
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Applicants must meet every criterium listed in the job description.
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The main criterium for the award was originality in design.
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The main criterium for selection is experience.
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What criterium did you use to evaluate the proposals?
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The main criterium for evaluating the project was its sustainability and impact on the community.
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One important criterium for the award is that the nominee must demonstrate exceptional leadership skills.
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Before accepting the proposal, the committee established a criterium to ensure all submissions met the necessary qualifications.
Synonyms
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1.6
An agreed level of quality or rule for judging something
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6.1
A rule or standard used to judge and choose something
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3.1
A standard used to compare other things
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3.8
A simple practical way to do or decide things from experience that is not exact
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5.1
One clear sign that shows if something is acceptable
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6.8
A rule or standard used to judge works of art
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7.5
A way to judge how good or true something is
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3.9
A way to judge how good or successful something is
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7.2
A rule that tells people how to act during a religious service or ceremony
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Etymology
Criterium meaning a rule or standard comes from the Greek kritērion meaning 'a way to judge' and is the same root as the common word criterion. So a criterium is a standard used to judge or decide something.