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criterium
[ krahy-teer-ee-uhm ]
noun
Competitive events in cycling include road races, time trials, and criteriums.
- Rare. criterion ( def ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of criterium1
First recorded in 1965–70 criterium fordef 1; 1890–95, in the sense “motorcycle race”; 1620–30 criterium fordef 2; from Latin, from Greek kritḗrion “a standard”; criterion ( def )
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Example Sentences
Something undeniable is shining—something that the professors of philosophy call a criterium.
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Thus we have a very simple criterium which permits us to distinguish that which is religious from that which is not.
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It is to this criterium that Frazer, and with him numerous ethnographers, systematically makes reference.
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Hence come difficulties and embarrassments which are avoided by substituting for this criterium the one we now employ.
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The Criterium is also known as Keller's, and has a large English clientèle.
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