criterion

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

English[edit]

Wikipedia has articles on:

Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kriterion, a test, a means of judging), from κριτής (krites, a judge), from κρίνω (krinō, I judge); see critic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiən/, /kɹɪˈtɪəɹiən/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

criterion (plural criteria)

  1. A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.

Usage notes[edit]

  • The plural form criterions also exists, but is much less common.
  • The form criteria is sometimes used as a nonstandard singular form (as in a criteria, this criteria, and so on), with corresponding plural form criterias. In this use, it sometimes means “a single criterion”, sometimes “a set of criteria”.

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

External links[edit]

Anagrams[edit]


Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

criterion (genitive criteriī); n, second declension

  1. criterion

Inflection[edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative criterion criteria
genitive criteriī criteriōrum
dative criteriō criteriīs
accusative criterion criteria
ablative criteriō criteriīs
vocative criterion criteria

Descendants[edit]