criterion
Saykry-TEER-ee-uhn/kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/UK/kɹaɪˈtɪə.ɹi.ən/
Pluralcriteria
- 1A rule or standard that you use to judge or compare things or people.
Like a measuring stick you hold up to each choice to see which one is best.
Price was the most important criterion when we picked our new car.
The judges used three criteria to score each dance.
Similarstandard, benchmark, yardstick, measure, requirement
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Origin
It comes from Greek, from a word meaning "a test or a way of judging," which came from the Greek word for "judge."