CRITERIA

Definition: CRITERIA

CRITERIA

Plural

1. Of Criterion

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "CRITERIA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references)

Environment

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Crosswords: CRITERIA

I can't seem to find the criteria to decide (The Insider; writing credit: Eric Roth)

Lassie, in response to the bestiality rumors circulating about you, I have decided to forgo calling you by the usual girl's name, and instead I am going to refer to you as whatever famous dog I can think of. I have gone with Lassie because of course it satisfies the criteria of being both a girl's and a dog's name, thus helping you to ease into the transition (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Baldrige Award Winning Quality: How to Interpret the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence (Baldrige Award Winning Quality, 11th Ed) (reference)

• Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-IV-TR (reference)

• Insights to Performance Excellence 2002: An Inside Look at the 2002 Baldrige Award Criteria (reference)

• Quick Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR (reference)

• Security Assurance Through the Common Criteria (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Criteria For Drug Use Evaluation (reference)

• Standard & Poors Municipal Finance Criteria (reference)

• Tmf Screening Criteria Manual (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Criteria for a Black Widow [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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The Bronze Star Medal eligibility criteria was limited with the Fiscal 2001 National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress. The Medal will be limited to those people receiving imminent danger pay. (Photo illustration by Virginia Reyes).

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Combeferre has given the criteria.

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Health

Criteria in France are similar. (references)

Patients must meet the sponsor's criteria. (references)

These are referred to as exclusion criteria. (references)

Business

The IEAT criteria depend on factory type and estate location. (references)

The EU has challenged some of Italy’s performance criteria for telecom licenses. (references)

There are additional specific purchasing criteria to which manufacturers pay special attention. (references)

Children

El Salvador

The difference reflects a change in reporting criteria. (references)

El Salvador

Using different criteria, the ISDEMU recorded 1,196 cases of abuse during the year, significantly below the 2000 level of 3,071 cases. (references)

Ireland

The 1991 Building Regulations Act established minimum criteria to ensure access for persons with disabilities to all public and private buildings constructed or significantly altered after 1992; however, enforcement is uneven. (references)

Civil Liberties

Sweden

According to NGO's, the decisionmakers use arbitrary, unspecified, and inconsistent criteria. (references)

Venezuela

The ruling set criteria to establish whether a media report is "true" or not, according to the Constitution. (references)

Cyprus

If applicants meet the criteria for refugee status, they are permitted to stay and are given temporary work permits. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

Both SIME and SIPIE have a number of other criteria. (references)

Latvia

The Latvian government strives to meet EU admission criteria by 2003. (references)

Mexico

New government rules and regulations must meet the following criteria. (references)

Human Rights

Dominican Republic

Court officials also began to implement new selection criteria for judges. (references)

Pakistan

If the evidence falls short of Hadd criteria, then the accused may be sentenced to a lesser class of penalties (Tazir). (references)

Guatemala

The Council is responsible for selecting judges as well as disciplining them in accordance with the law's criteria for sanctions. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

The mandate of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, created by Parliament in 1991, expired in 2000. The Council's final report was released in December 2000, and it included recommendations that the federal and state governments set performance benchmarks and timelines for overcoming Aboriginal disadvantage and enact legislation to further the principles of legislation; that Parliament prepare legislation providing for a referendum on deleting a constitutional amendment on racial criteria for voting; and that the Constitution be amended to make racial discrimination unlawful. (references)

Minorities

Israel and the occupied territories

The High Court determined that its ruling in the case would not affect previous land allocations and that differentiating between Jews and non-Jews in land allocation might be acceptable under unspecified "special circumstances." The municipality was instructed to develop and publish criteria for its decisions and a plan for implementation. (references)

Political Economy

Luxembourg

Luxembourg was also the first EU member to meet Maastricht qualifying criteria for the Euro. (references)

Political Rights

Tunisia

Narrowly written criteria in the Electoral Code greatly restrict the eligibility of persons to run for president. (references)

Trade

Chad

Medium term loans are difficult to obtain, as lending criteria are rigid. (references)

Uruguay

Valuation criteria are those followed by the World Trade Organization (WTO). (references)

Travel

Nicaragua

The reform also modified the minimum evaluation criteria for classifying investors (operating experience, amount billed monthly, minimum number of fixed subscribers, minimum amount of equity, etc.) in an attempt to widen the pool of bidders. (references)

Women

Cote d'Ivoire

Some women also encounter difficulty in obtaining loans, as they cannot meet the lending criteria mandated by banks. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

These criteria include such elements as title to a house and production of profitable cash crops, specifically coffee and cocoa. (references)

Worker Rights

Burundi

The Ministry of Labor determines if strike criteria have been met. (references)

Kazakhstan

The process of registering a union appears to be completely subjective, with no published criteria. (references)

Jordan

The Government also maintains its commitment to apply "more humane" criteria when deciding whether to deport Egyptian workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "CRITERIA": Cost/Schedule Control System Criteria ♦ design criteria ♦ emission criteria ♦ failure criteria ♦ Foster's criteria ♦ hiring criteria ♦ noise criteria ♦ quality criteria ♦ radio criteria ♦ School Admission Criteria ♦ site criteria. Additional references.

Ending with "CRITERIA": cross-criteria.

Chinese 

标准 (canonical, Criterion, Criterions, standard). (various references)

Danish

korrigere afgoerelserne,saafremt de ikke er i overensstemmelse med kriterierne (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), emissionskriterier (emission criteria), fejlkriterier (failure criteria), Foster kriterier (Foster's criteria), grænsekriterium (ultimate criteria), ICRP - den internationale kommission for radiologisk beskyttelse - har fastsat kriterierne for, hvad der skal forstaas ved acceptabel risiko (the ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection - indicated criteria for assessing what might be considered as acceptable risk), intervalgrænser (cross-criteria), Jones'kriterier (Jones criteria), accepterer det ansvar,som paahviler hver enkelt af dem for at fremme disse maal og at gennemfoere denne foranstaltning i overensstemmelse med de accepterede kriterier og vilkaar,der er af afgoerende betydning for virkeliggoerelsen af disse maal (accepting the responsibility of each of them to promote these objectives and to implement this measure, as essentials for the realization of these objectives, in accordance with the accepted criteria and modalities), konstruktionskriterier (design criteria), støjkriterier (noise criteria), kriteriedokument (criteria document), kriterier for bedømmelse (verdict criteria), kriterier for registrering af letale mutationer (criteria for scoring lethal mutations), kriterierne saavel som fremgangsmaaden ved deres revision skal fastsaettes af Raadet med enstemmighed (the criteria and the procedure for revising them shall be determined by the Council acting unanimously), kvalitetskriterier (quality criteria), ligedannethedskriterium (similitude criteria), lighedskriterium (similitude criteria), minimumskriterier (minimum criteria), Kommissionen foreslaar en fremgangsmaade til revision af disse kriterier (the Commission shall propose a procedure for revising these criteria). (various references)

Dutch

criteria voor het tellen van letale mutaties (criteria for scoring lethal mutations), Fosters-criteria (Foster's criteria), beoordelingscriteria (verdict criteria), de besluiten herzien,indien zij niet aan de criteria voldoen (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), de Commissie stelt een procedure voor ter herziening dezer criteria (the Commission shall propose a procedure for revising these criteria), de criteria alsmede de herzieningsprocedure moeten door de Raad met eenparigheid van stemmen worden vastgesteld (the criteria and the procedure for revising them shall be determined by the Council acting unanimously), de ICEP - Internationale Commissie voor Stralingsbescherming - heeft de toelaatbaarheidscriteria gekozen (the ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection - indicated criteria for assessing what might be considered as acceptable risk), aanvaardend elk voor zich de verantwoordelijkheid om deze doeleinden na te streven en deze maatregel toe te passen, volgens de aanvaarde criteria en modaliteiten, als zijnde van essentieel belang bij het bereiken van deze doeleinden (accepting the responsibility of each of them to promote these objectives and to implement this measure, as essentials for the realization of these objectives, in accordance with the accepted criteria and modalities), feilkriteria (failure criteria), schaalwetten (similitude criteria), geluidscriteria (noise criteria), grensvoorwaarden (ultimate criteria), kwaliteitscriteria (quality criteria), kwaliteitseisen (quality criteria), meervoudige criteria (cross-criteria), minimumnormen (minimum criteria), emissiecriteria (emission criteria). (various references)

Finnish

yhdenmuotoisuuskriteeri (similitude criteria), vikakriteerit (failure criteria), vastaavuuskriteeri (similitude criteria), usean hakukriteerin käyttö (cross-criteria), säteilyn tunnukset (emission criteria), radiokriteerit (radio criteria), päätöskriteerit (verdict criteria), meluluokka (noise criteria), Fosterin kriteerit (Foster's criteria). (various references)

French

criteres, critères. (various references)

German

Kriterien (criterions). (various references)

Greek 

κριτήρια ομοιότητας (similitude criteria), διπλά κριτήρια (cross-criteria), οριακά κριτήρια (ultimate criteria), τα κριτήρια,όπως και η διαδικασία αναθεωρήσεως,ορίζονται ομοφώνως από το Συμβούλιο (the criteria and the procedure for revising them shall be determined by the Council acting unanimously), επιφέρει διορθώσεις στις αποφάσεις αν δεν ανταποκρίνονται προς τα κριτήρια (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), η Eπιτροπή προτείνει μία διαδικασία αναθεωρήσεως των κριτηρίων αυτών (the Commission shall propose a procedure for revising these criteria), κριτήριο του Foster (Foster's criteria), H Διεθνής Eπιτροπή Aκτινολογικής Προστασίας,επέλεξε τα κριτήρια καθορισμού του αποδεκτού κινδύνου (the ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection - indicated criteria for assessing what might be considered as acceptable risk), κριτήρια θορύβου (noise criteria), κριτήρια για την καταγραφή των θανατηφόρων μεταλλάξεων (criteria for scoring lethal mutations), κριτήρια του σχεδιασμού (design criteria), κριτήρια επιλογής θέσης εγκατάστασης (site criteria), κριτήρια εκπομπής (emission criteria), κριτήρια ποιότητας (quality criteria), κριτήρια προσομοίωσης (similitude criteria), κριτήρια βλάβης (failure criteria), κριτήριο απόφασης (verdict criteria). (various references)

Hungarian

próbakő (criterion, touch, touchstone), kritérium (criterion), jellegzetesség (attribute, characteristic, characteristics, criterion, distinctness, feature, physiognomy, proper, trait, type), ismertetőjel (characteristic, criterion, earmark, impress, insignia, shibboleth), ismérv (criterion, test). (various references)

Italian

criteri limiti (ultimate criteria), criteri di emissione (emission criteria), criteri di Foster (Foster's criteria), Criteri di progetto (design criteria), criteri di qualità (quality criteria), criteri di ricerca (search criteria), criteri di rumore (noise criteria), criteri di ubicazione (site criteria), criteri d'accesso (acces criteria, access philosophy), criteri incrociati (cross-criteria), criteri minimi (minimum criteria), criteri per il riscontro delle mutazioni letali (criteria for scoring lethal mutations), criteri di valutazione (verdict criteria), rettificare le decisioni quando non siano conformi ai criteri (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), i criteri,come pure la procedura di revisione,devono essere determinati all'unanimita'dal Consiglio (the criteria and the procedure for revising them shall be determined by the Council acting unanimously), impegnando ciascuno la propria responsabilità per promuovere questi obiettivi e per applicare questa misura secondo i criteri e le modalità concordati, il che è essenziale per il conseguimento di questi obiettivi (accepting the responsibility of each of them to promote these objectives and to implement this measure, as essentials for the realization of these objectives, in accordance with the accepted criteria and modalities), la Commissione propone una procedura di revisione di tali criteri (the Commission shall propose a procedure for revising these criteria), legge di similitudine (similitude criteria), l'ICRP - Commissione Internazionale di Protezione contro le Radiazioni - ha scelto i criteri di accettabilita' (the ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection - indicated criteria for assessing what might be considered as acceptable risk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

規準 (basis, norm, standard), 基準 (basis, norm, standard), クーロン力 (car horn, Chrysler, Clark, classic, classic car, classic life, classic races, classical, classicism, clerk, client, client server, climax, climber, climbing, climograph, cloud, collider, cook, cookie, cooking, cooking card, cooking school, Coulomb's force, coutouriere, couturier, crime story, crisis, crouching start, crown, cryoelectronics, cryogenics, cumin, cushion, cushion ball, Klaxon, Kuwait, large size, multi-purpose health facility, pitcher throwing to first base, quake, Quaker, quality, quality paper, quantity, quantize, quark, quarter, quarterback, quarterly, quartet, quartz, quasar, queen, queen size, Queen's English, Queensland, question, question mark, quick, quick motion, quick step, quick turn, quilter, quintet, quinto, quiz, quiz mania, quiz rally, quota, quotation mark, quote, Society of Friends, the Queen Mary). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きじゅん (basis, norm, return to allegiance, standard, submission), クライテリア . (various references)

Korean 

표준 (Criterion, Criterions, standard). (various references)

Pig Latin

iteriacray.(various references)

Portuguese

critérios de qualidade (quality criteria), critério de Foster (Foster's criteria), critérios cruzados (cross-criteria), critérios de avaliação das falhas (failure criteria), critérios de decisão (verdict criteria), critérios de emissão (emission criteria), critérios de implantação (site criteria), critérios de projecto (design criteria), critérios de ruído (noise criteria), critérios de transmissão (emission criteria), critérios do RAA de Jones (Jones criteria), critérios limites (ultimate criteria), crit�rio de admiss�o (hiring criteria), criterios aplicados na contagem das mutações letais (criteria for scoring lethal mutations), critérios de Jones (Jones criteria), tais créditos,bem como as norma reguladoras do processo da sua revisão,devem ser estabelecidos pelo Conselho,deliberando por unanimidade (the criteria and the procedure for revising them shall be determined by the Council acting unanimously), a CIPR-Comissão Internacional de Protecção Radiológica-determinou os critérios de avaliação do que pode ser considerado como risco aceitável (the ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection - indicated criteria for assessing what might be considered as acceptable risk), leis de semelhança (similitude criteria), rectificar as decisões quando não sejam conformes aos critérios (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), a Comissão proporá normas reguladoras do processo de revisão destes critérios (the Commission shall propose a procedure for revising these criteria). (various references)

Romanian

criterii de cedare a unui material (failure criteria). (various references)

Russian 

критерий (criterion, figure of merit, gauge, mete-wand, norm, plumb-line, test, touchstone, yardstick). (various references)

Spanish

criterios. (various references)

Swedish

kriterium (criterion, touchstone), kriterier. (various references)

Misspellings

"CRITERIA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cartiera, Cartieri, cerifera, Citabria, citeria, crasherama, cratera, crateral, crederis, creteria, crieria, crimeria, critera, criterea, criterias, criterie, criterio, criterria, critiria, critria, cryteria, ctiteria, Frageria, Shrotria. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cirrate, erratic.

-2 letters: airier, artier, carter, crater, iatric, irater, racier, tracer.

-3 letters: airer, areic, carer, caret, carte, cater, ceria, cirri, citer, crate, crier, erica, icier, irate, racer, rater, react, recta, recti, retia, ricer, tarre, terai, terra, trace, triac, trice, trier.

-4 letters: acre, airt, care, carr, cart, cate, cire, cite, etic, race, rare, rate, rear.

+1 letter: artificer, geriatric.

+2 letters: artificers, certiorari, diarrhetic, erraticism, fratricide, geriatrics, triarchies.

+3 letters: bacteriuria, certioraris, criticaster, directorial, doctrinaire, erraticisms, fratricides, gravimetric, incinerator, interracial, natriuretic, precritical, radiometric, recriminate, rectilinear, rhetorician.

+4 letters: bacteriurias, calorimetric, contrariwise, criticasters, diverticular, doctrinaires, geriatrician, incinerators, matriarchies, meritocratic, natriuretics, overcritical, patriarchies, pericarditis, periphrastic, polarimetric, practitioner, precipitator, recriminated, recriminates, refractivity, retractility, rhetoricians, surrealistic, terrifically, trierarchies.