noun (plural) · academic
criteria
UK/kraɪˈtɪəriə/US/kraɪˈtɪriə/cri·TE·ri·a
Band 5-6task2task1speaking
standards or rules used to judge or make decisions; plural of criterion
Examples
“The selection criteria included academic record and extracurricular involvement.”
“We must set clear criteria before we start the assessment.”
“Different journals have different acceptance criteria for articles.”
Band 8 sentence
“The funding committee rejected proposals that failed to meet the explicit criteria outlined in the call for papers.”
Collocations
- selection criteria
- meet the criteria
Word family
criterion noun (singular)criterial adjective (rare)
Common mistakes
criterias→criteria
The criteria is clear→The criteria are clear / The criterion is clear
Say it for a higher band
5standards→6requirements→7+criteria
Synonyms
standards
Easily confused
standards
“The school has high standards for student behaviour.”
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