criteria
Bases for evaluation
Criteria is the plural of criterion, meaning standards or principles used to judge, evaluate, or decide something.
When you apply for a job, you're measured against hiring criteria; when judges score a competition, they follow established criteria.
Though criteria is grammatically plural, it increasingly appears with singular verbs in casual use: What's the criteria for admission?
Purists insist on What are the criteria? and reserve criterion for the singular.
Thirty-six-inch ruler
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- measureUnit of quantity
- touchstoneStandard for evaluation
- baselineStandard for comparison
reference · metric · barometer · index · scale · parameter · calibration · comparison
Formal evaluation of worth
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- reviewCritical written assessment
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
judging · measurement · scoring · grading · examination · scrutiny · weighing · consideration
Required prior condition
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
- conditionState or stipulation
requisite · necessity · mandate · constraint · provision · precondition · eligibility · threshold
Accepted behavioral standard
- guidelineRecommended standard for action
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
specification · threshold · level · grade · caliber · template · model · pattern
Formal decision on disputes
- verdictOfficial court decision
- decisionSettled course of action
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
reasoning · arbitration · determination · ruling · conclusion · finding · opinion · rationale
yardstick
Thirty-six-inch ruler
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- measureUnit of quantity
- touchstoneStandard for evaluation
baseline · reference · metric · barometer · index · scale · parameter · calibration · comparison · control
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
rating · judging · measurement · scoring · grading · examination · scrutiny · weighing · consideration · vetting
prerequisite
Required prior condition
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
condition · requisite · necessity · mandate · constraint · provision · precondition · eligibility · threshold · minimum
norm
Accepted behavioral standard
- guidelineRecommended standard for action
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
benchmark · specification · threshold · level · grade · caliber · template · model · pattern · code
adjudication
Formal decision on disputes
- verdictOfficial court decision
- decisionSettled course of action
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
deliberation · reasoning · arbitration · determination · ruling · conclusion · finding · opinion · rationale · basis
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- requirementsrequirement, requirements, prerequisite, requisite, requisites
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, specification
- evaluationreview, assessing, feedback, comparing, judgment
- Quality ControlQA, QC, calipers, micrometers, quality check
- rubricsrubrics, grading rubric, scoring rubric, scoring guide, rating scale
criteriagut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
intuition · gut instinct · instinct · hunch · whim
criteriawhim
Sudden arbitrary desire
caprice · randomness · arbitrariness · inconsistency · unpredictability
criteriaflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
discretion · open-endedness · adaptability · fluidity · change
- eligibility criteriaConditions for consideration
- admissions criteriaStandards for acceptance
- grading criteriaStandards for evaluation
- judging criteriaBasis for evaluation
- selection criteriaStandards for choosing
- Lawson criterionMinimum conditions for fusion ignition