criterion
/kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/ noun C1- A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge. · Near-synonym: benchmark· criterion of choice, of decision, of selection
Plural criteria
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On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at the Criterion Bar, when some one tapped me on the shoulder, and turning round I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Barts.
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