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Criterion
//kɹɪˈtɪəɹi.ən// noun
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Noun
- 1 A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.
"Near-synonym: benchmark"
- 2 the ideal in terms of which something can be judged wordnet
- 3 a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated wordnet
Etymology
From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion, “a test, a means of judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”), from κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”); see critic.
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