Criterion
noun
A measure, rule or standard used to make a judgment or decision.
Your English proficiency will be a major criterion for this job.
Often appears as...
- major criterion
- selection criterion
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Formal
noun
A defining characteristic or feature that somebody can be judged by.
In choosing a restaurant, the primary criterion is the quality of food.
Often appears as...
- primary criterion
- judgment criterion
noun
A principle or standard that a set of facts is judged against.
The reviewers used a list of criterions to evaluate the research papers.
Often appears as...
- list of criterions
- research criterion
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Academic
noun
A measure, rule or standard used to make a judgment or decision.
Your English proficiency will be a major criterion for this job.
Often appears as...
- major criterion
- selection criterion
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A defining characteristic or feature that somebody can be judged by.
In choosing a restaurant, the primary criterion is the quality of food.
Often appears as...
- primary criterion
- judgment criterion
noun
A principle or standard that a set of facts is judged against.
The reviewers used a list of criterions to evaluate the research papers.
Often appears as...
- list of criterions
- research criterion
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Decision Making
Criterion refers to a vital aspect considered while making choices or decisions in various situations.
Experience is a key criterion for hiring managers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Rule
A criterion isn't a strict rule, but a guiding point that helps in making judgments.
Creativity could be a flexible criterion in art competitions.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Bias
Recognize that criteria might reflect personal preferences, and not always be objective.
Some voters use political alignment as their main criterion.
Pro Tip 1/3Decision Making
Criterion refers to a vital aspect considered while making choices or decisions in various situations.
Experience is a key criterion for hiring managers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Rule
A criterion isn't a strict rule, but a guiding point that helps in making judgments.
Creativity could be a flexible criterion in art competitions.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Bias
Recognize that criteria might reflect personal preferences, and not always be objective.
Some voters use political alignment as their main criterion.
Pro Tip 1/3Decision Making
Criterion refers to a vital aspect considered while making choices or decisions in various situations.
Experience is a key criterion for hiring managers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Rule
A criterion isn't a strict rule, but a guiding point that helps in making judgments.
Creativity could be a flexible criterion in art competitions.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Bias
Recognize that criteria might reflect personal preferences, and not always be objective.
Some voters use political alignment as their main criterion.
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
whenever you release an animal that's a carnivore that can potentially have an impact even if it is relatively small in someone's lives it's really important you get everyone on your side first before you go out and release these animals because cooperation is important to conservation but if we can meet all these criteria then i think england and wales really hosts a great place to release
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America’s most just...
an index yet but you have criterion factors and you've been thinking about this for a couple of years how has this already influenced your investments if it has well I think the most interesting anecdote is about a year ago the co-chair of my company said you know if you're going to be out front on this
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A robot that runs and...
So this is another project where we studied cat biomechanics, and we wanted to see how much the morphology helps locomotion. And we found three important criteria in the properties, basically, of the limbs. The first one is that a cat limb more or less looks like a pantograph-like structure.
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
About a year ago, some friends of mine and I started a not-for-profit called Just Capital. Its mission is very to help companies and corporations learn how to operate in a more just fashion by using the public's input to define exactly what the criteria are for just corporate behavior.
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What if there were 1...
like climate change, they need to survive to sequester their carbon for the longest period possible, while also reproducing quickly. Is there one type of tree we could plant that meets these criteria? Some fast growing, long-lived, super sequestering species we could scatter worldwide?
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Debunking the myths of...
which tend to be time consuming and interfere with work, school or social life to the point of causing significant distress. This set of diagnostic criteria is what separates people suffering from OCD from those who may just be a bit more meticulous or hygiene obsessed than usual.
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"He Saved My Life"...
United States at this point it just doesn't meet the criteria and what I can understand the refugee system is broken you know the US wants to help refugees but also does not want too many of them to come here and I think every country is the same and having that ambivalence
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Learning from smallpox:...
served as a proof of principle for its eradication worldwide. Today, the same criteria are applied to determine whether other diseases can be similarly eliminated. And even though smallpox remains the only success story thus far, several other pathogens may be next in line.
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How the blockchain is...
and it was essentially owned by all of the people who have a room to rent. And when someone wants to rent a room, they go onto the blockchain database and all the criteria, they sift through, it helps them find the right room,
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My Daughter, Malala PIPE...
very quiet, very humble and very submissive. It is the criteria. The role model good girl should be very quiet. She is supposed to be silent
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
whenever you release an animal that's a carnivore that can potentially have an impact even if it is relatively small in someone's lives it's really important you get everyone on your side first before you go out and release these animals because cooperation is important to conservation but if we can meet all these criteria then i think england and wales really hosts a great place to release
Video examples
America’s most just...
an index yet but you have criterion factors and you've been thinking about this for a couple of years how has this already influenced your investments if it has well I think the most interesting anecdote is about a year ago the co-chair of my company said you know if you're going to be out front on this
Video examples
A robot that runs and...
So this is another project where we studied cat biomechanics, and we wanted to see how much the morphology helps locomotion. And we found three important criteria in the properties, basically, of the limbs. The first one is that a cat limb more or less looks like a pantograph-like structure.
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
About a year ago, some friends of mine and I started a not-for-profit called Just Capital. Its mission is very to help companies and corporations learn how to operate in a more just fashion by using the public's input to define exactly what the criteria are for just corporate behavior.
Video examples
What if there were 1...
like climate change, they need to survive to sequester their carbon for the longest period possible, while also reproducing quickly. Is there one type of tree we could plant that meets these criteria? Some fast growing, long-lived, super sequestering species we could scatter worldwide?
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
which tend to be time consuming and interfere with work, school or social life to the point of causing significant distress. This set of diagnostic criteria is what separates people suffering from OCD from those who may just be a bit more meticulous or hygiene obsessed than usual.
Video examples
"He Saved My Life"...
United States at this point it just doesn't meet the criteria and what I can understand the refugee system is broken you know the US wants to help refugees but also does not want too many of them to come here and I think every country is the same and having that ambivalence
Video examples
Learning from smallpox:...
served as a proof of principle for its eradication worldwide. Today, the same criteria are applied to determine whether other diseases can be similarly eliminated. And even though smallpox remains the only success story thus far, several other pathogens may be next in line.
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
and it was essentially owned by all of the people who have a room to rent. And when someone wants to rent a room, they go onto the blockchain database and all the criteria, they sift through, it helps them find the right room,
Video examples
My Daughter, Malala PIPE...
very quiet, very humble and very submissive. It is the criteria. The role model good girl should be very quiet. She is supposed to be silent
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Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
Chinese martial artists consider themselves to be gardeners, and it's an honor for them to take care of this garden, to better it and hand it over to the generations that follow. I think that's a very important message in a time when personal achievement seems to be the only criteria of success.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.
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Giovanni Ribisi
American Actor
If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.
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Yukihiro Matsumoto
Japanese Scientist
People are different. People choose different criteria. But if there is a better way among many alternatives, I want to encourage that way by making it comfortable. So that's what I've tried to do.
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Jagapathi Babu
Indian Actor
When I consider a part, I understand that it will not be as important as that of the hero. My only criteria is that it has significant potential, at least that of a second-in-command.
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Herman Kahn
American Scientist
Because of new technologies, new wealth, new conditions of domestic life and of international relations, unprecedented criteria and issues are coming up for national decision.
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James Madison
American President
If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.
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Evelyne Brochu
Canadian Actress
My criteria is always, 'Would I go see this movie? Is this character something I've never done? Who is the director? Do they inspire me?
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George Bancroft
American Historian
If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
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Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
Chinese martial artists consider themselves to be gardeners, and it's an honor for them to take care of this garden, to better it and hand it over to the generations that follow. I think that's a very important message in a time when personal achievement seems to be the only criteria of success.
Quote examples
Stephen Covey
American Educator
A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.
Quote examples
Giovanni Ribisi
American Actor
If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.
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Yukihiro Matsumoto
Japanese Scientist
People are different. People choose different criteria. But if there is a better way among many alternatives, I want to encourage that way by making it comfortable. So that's what I've tried to do.
Quote examples
Jagapathi Babu
Indian Actor
When I consider a part, I understand that it will not be as important as that of the hero. My only criteria is that it has significant potential, at least that of a second-in-command.
Quote examples
Herman Kahn
American Scientist
Because of new technologies, new wealth, new conditions of domestic life and of international relations, unprecedented criteria and issues are coming up for national decision.
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James Madison
American President
If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.
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Evelyne Brochu
Canadian Actress
My criteria is always, 'Would I go see this movie? Is this character something I've never done? Who is the director? Do they inspire me?
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George Bancroft
American Historian
If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
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