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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criterion/#m1)

2) Success criteria are the steps a teacher says show you did the task well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criterion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

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

### examples

- The main criterion was neat handwriting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criterion/#x1)
- Read the success criteria before you start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criterion/#x2)
- What criteria will the judges use? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criterion/#x3)
- Price was one criterion for choosing a bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criterion/#x4)
- The essay met all the criteria. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criterion/#x5)
- Kindness is one criterion for the class award. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criterion/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/criterion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.