criterion

«criterion» in Mova's school dictionary: a rule or standard used to judge or decide something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a criterion, criteria)

meaning for a pupil

1) A criterion is a rule or standard used to judge or decide something. tree →

2) Success criteria are the steps a teacher says show you did the task well. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school (success criteria), science (criteria for an experiment), competitions and jobs.

examples

• The main criterion was neat handwriting. tree →
• Read the success criteria before you start. tree →
• What criteria will the judges use? tree →
• Price was one criterion for choosing a bike. tree →
• The essay met all the criteria. tree →
• Kindness is one criterion for the class award. tree →

note

Plural is criteria; «a criteria» is a common mistake. From Greek, like phenomenon/phenomena.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «criterion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.