HOW TO PRONOUNCE
criteria
/kɹaɪˈtɪɹiə/
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“The committee agreed on clear criteria.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does criteria mean?
noun
- plural of criterion
- A single criterion.
- A set of criteria.
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IPA pronunciation
/kɹaɪˈtɪɹiə/
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The Parties shall endeavor to develop and adopt common criteria, definitions and interpretations for the implementation of this Chapter.
We may apply the results of our discussion to a consideration of the criteria involved in a correct establishing of aims.
More book examples (3)
Such people, if not martyred too soon, and if possessed of a fruitful ideal, lay new criteria for praise and blame.
From years of experience with them we ourselves have no faith in their offering sound criteria for age levels above 10 years.
The separation of pathological reactions from normal ones simplifies the task of their analysis, and makes possible the application of a classification based on objective criteria.