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criteria
noun
standards
or
principles
used
to
judge
,
choose
,
or
decide
something
•
The
scholarship
committee
listed
clear
criteria
for
selecting
the
winner
.
The
scholarship
committee
listed
clear
criteria
for
selecting
the
winner
.
•
Safety
and
durability
are
the
main
criteria
when
buying
a
family
car
.
Safety
and
durability
are
the
main
criteria
when
buying
a
family
car
.
Borrowed
from
Latin
‘
criterium
’
through
Greek
‘
kritērion
’,
meaning
a
means
for
judging
.
noun
(
informal
,
non-standard
)
a
single
standard
or
rule
used
to
judge
or
decide
something
•
The
main
criteria
for
my
decision
is
the
school
’
s
location
.
The
main
criteria
for
my
decision
is
the
school
’
s
location
.
•
Cost
is
the
only
criteria
I
’
m
looking
at
right
now
.
Cost
is
the
only
criteria
I
’
m
looking
at
right
now
.
From
the
plural
form
of
‘
criterion
’;
increasingly
used
as
a
singular
in
informal
speech
since
the
late
20th
century
.
