All 3 Uses
criteria
in
Take the Tortillas out of Your Poetry
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- My friend was censoring his creativity in order to fit the imposed criteria.†
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- The criteria were: "It can't have religion in it, it can't be mystical, it can't have Spanish in it."†
- Obviously, my novel did not meet the criteria of the status quo.†
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)