criterionnoun [ C ]
uk/kraɪˈtɪə.ri.ən/us/kraɪˈtɪr.i.ən/plural criteria uk/-ri.ə /us/-ˈtɪr.i.ə /C1 a standard by which you judge, decide about, or deal with something:
The Health Service should not be judged by financial criteria alone.
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- Patients can now be compulsorily detained in hospital only under tightly drawn criteria.
- The Health Service should not be judged by financial criteria alone.
- We're looking for a very specific sort of person and this woman seems to fulfil all of our criteria.
- More specific and less subjective criteria should be used in selecting people for promotion within the company.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Quality and standard
- benchmark
- cachet
- calibre
- conform
- conformance
- conformity
- grade
- level
- mark
- notch
- plane
- prestige
- qualitative
- quality
- quality assurance
- quality control
- star
- status
- style
- upscale
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