Criterion Definition

krī-tîrē-ən
criteria, criterions
noun
criteria, criterions
A standard, rule, or test by which something can be judged; measure of value.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Criterion

Noun

Singular:
criterion
Plural:
criteria, criterions

Origin of Criterion

  • From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kriterion, “a test, a means of judging”), from κριτής (krites, “a judge”), from κρίνω (krinō, “I judge”); see critic.

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek kritērion from kritēs judge from krīnein to separate, judge krei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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