noun (plural) · academic
criteria
UK/kraɪˈtɪəriə/US/kraɪˈtɪriə/cri·TE·ria
Band 5-6task2task1
standards or rules used to judge or decide something
Examples
“The selection committee used strict criteria to choose the finalists.”
“Meet the eligibility criteria before applying.”
“The main criteria for inclusion were age and residency.”
Band 8 sentence
“The funding body published transparent criteria to ensure that assessment was impartial and evidence-based.”
Collocations
- meet the criteria
- establish criteria
- selection criteria
Word family
criterion noun (singular)criteria noun (plural)
Common mistakes
This criteria is important.→These criteria are important.
criterias→criteria (plural) / criterion (singular)
Say it for a higher band
5standard→6requirement→7+criteria
Synonyms
standards
Easily confused
criterion
“The most important criterion for inclusion was age.”
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