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Webster 1913 Edition
Criterion
Cri-te′ri-on
(kr?-t?′r?-?n)
, Noun.
pl.
Criteria
(-[GREEK]), sometimes Criterions
(-[GREEK]nz)
. [Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a means for judging, fr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] decider, judge, fr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to separate. See
Certain
.] A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them.
Of the diseases of the mind there is no
criterion
. Donne.
Syn. – Standard; measure; rule.
Webster 1828 Edition
Criterion
CRITERION
,Noun.
plu.
Definition 2024
criterion
criterion
English
Alternative forms
Noun
criterion (plural criteria)
- A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.
- Criterion of choice, of decision, of selection
- 2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864:
- Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?
Usage notes
- The plural form criterions also exists, but is much less common.
- The form criteria is sometimes used as a nonstandard singular form (as in a criteria, this criteria, and so on), with corresponding plural form criterias. In this use, it sometimes means “a single criterion”, sometimes “a set of criteria”.
Related terms
Translations
standard for comparison and judgment
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External links
- criterion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- criterion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kriˈte.ri.on/, [krɪˈtɛ.ri.õ]
Noun
criterion n (genitive criteriī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension, Greek type.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | criterion | criteria |
| genitive | criteriī | criteriōrum |
| dative | criteriō | criteriīs |
| accusative | criterion | criteria |
| ablative | criteriō | criteriīs |
| vocative | criterion | criteria |