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Spell Bee Word: criterion


Basic Details

Word: Criterion

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A rule or standard used to judge or decide something. The plural is criteria.

Synonyms: standard, measure, benchmark, yardstick

How to Spell Criterion

Syllables: cri - te - ri - on

Tricky part: The ending is ion, not ian or eon, and the vowels go i, e, i, o. Criteria is the plural, not a second way to spell the singular.

Watch out for: criterian, critereon, critirion

Memory tip: Find rite hidden inside: c + rite + rion. Writing it in those three chunks keeps the vowels in order.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Marks are not the only criterion for choosing the class monitor.

Example 2: Taste was the main criterion in the cooking contest.

Example 3: What criterion did you use to sort these books?

Fun Fact

Criterion came into English from Greek and kept its Greek plural, criteria, just as phenomenon keeps phenomena.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) phenomenun
b) cinamon
c) criterion
d) comparrison

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c) criterion. Phenomenon ends in on, comparison has one r and cinnamon has two n's in the middle.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nioretirc

a) contrite
b) interior
c) criterion
d) criteria

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c) criterion. Interior uses all but the c, and criteria has an a; criterion uses all nine letters.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

cr_t_rion

a) i, i
b) i, e
c) e, i
d) e, e

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b) i, e. Say cri-te-ri-on: the first gap takes i and the second takes e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word is the plural of criterion?

a) criterions
b) criteria
c) criterium
d) criterias

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b) criteria

2. A criterion is something you use to ____.

a) judge or decide
b) draw pictures
c) travel fast
d) cook food

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a) judge or decide

Associated Words

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