Criterion has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | What criterion did you use when you elected this essay as the winner? | |
| 2. | Money is not a criterion of success. | |
| 3. | My criterion is the ability to work joyfully. | |
| 4. | Americans are said to regard the amount of money a man makes as a criterion of his ability. | |
| 5. | It is certain that one important criterion for employment is having 'leadership'. | |
| 6. | The size of a man's laundry bill is no criterion of his income. | |
| 7. | The traditional definition of criterion validity is the correlation of a scale with some other measure of the trait under study, ideally a 'gold standard'. | |
| 8. | I divide all literary works into two categories: those I like and those I don't like. No other criterion exists for me. | |
| 9. | The World Health Organization says the coronavirus outbreak does not yet fit the criterion for a pandemic — but warns a pandemic is possible and nations should prepare. |