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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A standard, rule, or test on which a judgment or decision can be based. See Synonyms at standard.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A standard of judgment or criticism; a law, rule, or principle regarded as universally valid for the class of cases under consideration, by which matters of fact, propositions, opinions, or conduct can be tested in order to discover their truth or falsehood, or by which a correct judgment may be formed.

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
  2. n. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

Etymologies

  1. 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. (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek kritērion, from kritēs, judge, from krīnein, to separate, judge; see krei- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. measure
  1. standard
  1. rule

same context (17)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. requirement
  2. guideline
  3. parameter
  1. definition
  2. objective
  3. concept
  1. assessment
  2. methodology
  3. indicator
  1. strategy
  2. standard
  3. analysis
  1. specification
  2. consideration
  3. estimate
  1. category
  2. framework

rhymes (16)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Algerian
  2. Assyrian
  3. Hanoverian
  1. Hyperion
  2. Iberian
  3. Illyrian
  1. Liberian
  2. Nigerian
  3. Presbyterian
  1. Shakespearean
  2. Siberian
  3. Syrian
  1. Valerian
  2. Zairian
  3. presbyterian
  1. valerian

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. scale
  2. criteriology
  3. peirce's criterion
  4. criterium
  5. experientialism
  6. trial by certificate
  1. criterional
  2. preselect
  3. sensationalism
  4. fallout
  5. historicism
  6. sensualism
  1. sorting
  2. canon
  3. filter
  4. standard
  5. on the button
  6. on the nose
  1. sort
  2. amount
  3. ordered
  4. overlearn
  5. parameter
  6. rate
  1. shibboleth
  2. touchstone
  3. eudemonism
  4. rule
  5. subjectivism
  6. test
  1. touch
  2. widmannstättian

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  • uselessness If I ever get tired of Smith, this will be my new last name. May 23, 2007

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