All 5 Uses
criteria
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The Remains of the Day
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- criteria for membership
Chpt 1e - *criteria = standards (reference points against which other things can be evaluated)
- But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership.†
Chpt 1e -
- This provoked further controversy, and the pressure of letters continued to build up urging the Society to declare more fully its membership criteria.†
Chpt 1e -
- In the end, it was revealed in a brief letter to A Quarterly that in the view of the Society — and I will try and quote accurately from memory — 'the most crucial criterion is that the applicant be possessed of a dignity in keeping with his position.†
Chpt 1e -criterion = a reference point against which things can be evaluated
- But it strikes me I may have been a little hasty before in dismissing certain aspects of the Hayes Society's criteria for membership.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(criteria) reference points against which things can be evaluatedNote that "criterion" is the singular form. Though not seen as often as "criteria", it is reasonably common. Today, "criterions" is acceptable in place of "criteria", though seldom used.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)