Criterion and Order

Criterion

Criterion noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.
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Synonyms for Criterion

Order and criterion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Order" instead a noun "Criterion".

Order

Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.

Criterion and order are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Criterion" instead a noun "Order".

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

How words are described

usual usual criterion usual order
certain certain criterion certain order
entire entire criterion entire order

Both words in one sentence

  • Creator / The Criterion Collection Each film has a spine number, ostensibly to denote the order in which Criterion released it to the format.
  • Number of the Beast The Criterion Collection numbers its hundreds of famed films in the order that they enter the collection and decided to have fun with this trope when they reached 666 in 2013 — they assigned it to The Devil's Backbone!
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