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criterion
/kɹaɪˈtɪɹiən/
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Stress the second syllable and keep the final “n.”
Use four vowel beats, with the second strongest. Its ending includes a light vowel before n, which distinguishes it from the final vowel of criteria.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“Clarity was the main criterion.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does criterion mean?
noun
- A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.
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IPA pronunciation
/kɹaɪˈtɪɹiən/
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The writer evidently must have had in mind as a criterion some of our own or the English great feathered soloists.
The discovery of this function must be employed as a criterion for trying and sifting the facts taught and the methods used.
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Hence the amount of difference is one very important criterion in settling whether two forms should be ranked as species or varieties.
Why, because he distinguishes the face of a friend and of an enemy only by the criterion of knowing and not knowing.
In the case of the Deluge traditions, so conclusive a demonstration is not possible, since we have no similar criterion to apply.