criterium

noun

cri·​te·​ri·​um krī-ˈtir-ē-əm  krē-ter-ˈyȯm 

: a bicycle race of a specified number of laps on a closed course over public roads closed to normal traffic

Examples of criterium in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Riding the news: The event includes two criterium races — the Mass Ave Crit Friday and the Indy Crit Saturday. State of play: The Indy Crit started in 2010 as a bike race through downtown and has since grown into a multiday festival. —Arika Herron, Axios, 11 July 2024

Tells the story of the 2023 season of the American Criterium Cup — a series comprised of ten of America’s most beloved criterium races. —Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 28 Jan. 2024

Along with co-founders Mulugheta, Randall Clark and Mark Wilkins, the NCL wants to become an organizer for criterium bike races in America. —Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023

This year, the CCAP summer criterium series ran from May until last week, weather permitting, on Tuesday nights. —Sofie Brandt, courant.com, 23 Aug. 2021

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French critérium, "competition," literally, "criterion," borrowed from Late Latin critērium, borrowed from Greek kritḗrion criterion

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for criterium

• bacterium
• delirium
• deuterium
• imperium
• puerperium
• venereum
• agrobacterium
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• mycobacterium
• cyanobacterium
• magisterium
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