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1. criterion
noun. ['kraɪˈtɪriːən'] a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.
Synonyms
- ordered series
- touchstone
- GPA
- yardstick
- baseline
- gauge
- grade point average
- procrustean bed
- measure
- earned run average
- monetary system
- procrustean standard
- ERA
- medium of exchange
- metric
- standard of measurement
- standard
- procrustean rule
- norm
- graduated table
- system of measurement
- benchmark
- scale of measurement
Antonyms
Etymology
- criterion (Latin)
- κριτήριον (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
Rhymes with Criterion
- thraco-illyrian
- presbyterian
- shakespearean
- hanoverian
- biospherian
- valerian
- siberian
- nigerian
- liberian
- hyperion
- derderian
- berberian
- algerian
- zairian
- quirion
- illyrian
- iberian
- assyrian
- syrian
How do you pronounce criterion?
Pronounce criterion as kraɪˈtɪriən.
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Sentences with criterion
1. Noun, singular or mass
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Quotes about criterion
1. The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.
- Denis Waitley
2. [When a religious couple wrote to Sagan about fulfilled prophecies, he wrote back in May 1996:]If ‘fulfilled prophecy’ is your criterion, why do you not believe in materialistic science, which has an unparalleled record of fulfilled prophecy? Consider, for example, eclipses.
- Carl Sagan
3. It is He Who sent down to thee, in truth, the Book (Quran), confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (Quran) (of judgment between right and wrong). - Holy Quran 3:3
- Anonymous, The Quran / القرآن الكريم
