Criterion

//kɹɪˈtɪəɹi.ən//

Synonyms for "criterion" (95 found)

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Related words (47)

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Translations

94 translations across 62 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • kriter noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κριτήριον noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مِعْيَار noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Armenian

1 entries
  • չափանիշ noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Asturian

1 entries
  • criteriu noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • kriteri noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • meyar noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • mizan noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • крытэ́рый noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • ме́рка noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • ме́рыва noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • крите́рий noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • мери́ло noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Catalan

1 entries
  • criteri noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • میزان noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • پێوەر noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • کریتێر noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 尺度 noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • 標準 /标准 noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • 準則 /准则 noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • 軌範 /轨范 noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Czech

2 entries
  • kriterium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • kritérium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Danish

1 entries
  • kriterium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Dutch

1 entries
  • criterium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kriterio noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kriteerium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kriteeri noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

French

1 entries
  • critère noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კრიტერიუმი noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

German

1 entries
  • Kriterium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Greek

1 entries
  • κριτήριο noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קרִיטֶרִיוֹן noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Hindi

2 entries
  • मानदंड noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • मापदंड noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • ismérv noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • kritérium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • szempont noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • greinimark noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kriteria noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • kriterium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Italian

1 entries
  • criterio noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 判断基準 noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • 基準 noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • өлшем noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • өлшемшарт noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Korean

1 entries
  • 표준 noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • критерий noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Latvian

1 entries
  • kritērijs noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kriterijus noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • критериум noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മാനദണ്ഡം noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • шалгуур noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Māori

1 entries
  • paearu noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • krîter noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • pîvan noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kriterium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • معیار noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Pashto

1 entries
  • معيار noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Persian

2 entries
  • سنجه noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • معیار noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Polish

1 entries
  • kryterium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • critério noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Romanian

1 entries
  • criteriu noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Russian

2 entries
  • крите́рий noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • мери́ло noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • slat-tomhais noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kriterijum noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • mjȅrilo noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • mȅrilo noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • критеријум noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Slovak

1 entries
  • kritérium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Slovene

2 entries
  • kriterij noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • merilo noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Spanish

2 entries
  • criterio noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • criteriómetro (foundationless) noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kigezo noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kriterium noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • panuntunan noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Tajik

1 entries
  • меъёр noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kriter noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • kıstas noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • ölçüt noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • крите́рій noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • міри́ло noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مِعْیار noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئۆلچەم noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • kriteriy noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • mezon noun (standard for comparison and judgment)
  • meʼyor noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tiêu chuẩn noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

Welsh

1 entries
  • maen prawf noun (standard for comparison and judgment)

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What criterion did you use when you elected this essay as the winner?

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Money is not a criterion of success.

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My criterion is the ability to work joyfully.

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Americans are said to regard the amount of money a man makes as a criterion of his ability.

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