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rubric
[ roo-brik ]
noun
- a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
- a direction for the conduct of divine service or the administration of the sacraments, inserted in liturgical books.
- any established mode of conduct or procedure; protocol.
- an explanatory comment; gloss.
- a class or category
- Archaic. red ocher.
adjective
- written, inscribed in, or marked with or as with red; rubrical.
- Archaic. red; ruddy.
rubric
/ ˈruːbrɪk /
noun
- a title, heading, or initial letter in a book, manuscript, or section of a legal code, esp one printed or painted in red ink or in some similarly distinguishing manner
- a set of rules of conduct or procedure
- a set of directions for the conduct of Christian church services, often printed in red in a prayer book or missal
- instructions to a candidate at the head of the examination paper
- See red ochrean obsolete name for red ochre
adjective
- written, printed, or marked in red
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Derived Forms
- ˈrubrically, adverb
- ˈrubrical, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rubric1
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Example Sentences
Architecture and democracyTwo shows under one rubric, Dupont Underground’s “Architecture and the Question of Democracy” offers plans for Portugal and its own neighborhood.
In their rubric, a full class of masked children — sitting indoors for hours — might be medium- or high-risk, depending on ventilation.
Impact assessments are also common in human rights and sustainability analyses, and we’ve seen some early developers of AI impact assessments create similar rubrics.
Several companies, including Radford and Option Impact, now make tech-driven rubrics that help match employees’ experience to their compensation.
As often happens with the Fed, this is all presented under the rubric of crisis management, but history shows that the Fed’s interventions are very difficult to withdraw once a crisis is over.
But for some center-right media outlets, this probably fit into the "too good to check" rubric.
Cut to popular programs are just put under this Function 920 rubric, which allows them to pretend they're not real.
Bain Capital and its ilk were called leveraged buyout firms back then, but whatever the rubric, the business is the same.
Throughout the week, leaders will focus on regions in transition under the rather broad rubric “The New Context.”
It is within this rubric that Romney utters the line in which his campaign is about “saving the soul of America.”
He opposed, as has been said, the rubric bidding the communicants kneel; the attitude savoured of “idolatry.”
However, the fact that to this extent the rubric of Edward VI.
This was in accordance, as far as it went, with the original rubric of Edward VI.
Plainly, you cannot base foreign customs on an English rubric.
However, the rubric disappeared; and, I think, happily and providentially.
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What does rubric mean?
Rubric commonly refers to a set of guidelines or a protocol for how something will or should be done, like how an assignment will be graded.
Rubric is also commonly used to mean a class or category. Its original meaning, which is still used, refers to text printed in red or set apart in some other way, such as a heading in a manuscript. Less commonly, rubric can be used as an adjective meaning written or marked in red.
Example: Please check the rubric when writing your papers so you know exactly what I’m looking for.
Where does rubric come from?
The first records of rubric come from before the 1400s. It traces back to the Latin rūbrīca, which refers to a type of red pigment and derives from ruber, meaning “red.” (This is also the basis for the word ruby.)
In old manuscripts, some of the text was given additional emphasis. While most of the text was black, certain parts were sometimes accented with red, such as headings or additional comments. These parts came to be known as rubrics. (When the first letter of the text in a manuscript is enlarged and decorated, this is often called a historiated initial. When it is colored red, it is said to be rubricated.)
Some of these manuscripts were Christian texts. In this context, rubric came to refer to a direction for how to conduct certain ceremonies. Eventually, rubric began to be used more generally to mean “an explanatory comment” or “an instruction,” such as on an examination. Today, perhaps the most popular use of rubric is in the context of education to refer to a chart that breaks down how an assignment will be graded or some other aspect of a class.
It is also commonly used to mean “class” or “category,” as in Not every example will fit neatly into a rubric.
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What are some other forms related to rubric?
- rubrical (adjective)
- rubrically (adverb)
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How is rubric used in real life?
Rubrics are commonly used by teachers in the form of charts. But the word has many meanings that can be used in many different contexts.
me: look at my Rubric Cube
you: you mean Rubik’s Cube
me: [puts a checkmark in the “does not do what I ask” box on my Rubric Cube]
— Nathan W. Pyle (@nathanwpyle) December 20, 2019
Authenticity is the chief currency for being a #HipHopEd(ucator) There is no rubric for authenticity but youth can feel a fraud from a block away
— Christopher Emdin (@chrisemdin) January 30, 2019
This week's manuscript: if you weren't sure what a rubric is, now you know. http://t.co/dHXt5CTv26 #bookhistory pic.twitter.com/WRkBccLjO1
— Special Collections, Archives & Digital Services (@MUSpecColl) August 15, 2015
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Is rubric used correctly in the following sentence?
The rubric for this assignment made it very clear that you were supposed to work in pairs.
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