rubric

CEFRB2

/ˈɹuːbɹɪk/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A set of rules used to judge or grade work.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A title of a category or a class.

Examples

  • The teacher handed a rubric for the assignment to the students.

  • Was there an assessment rubric?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.

  2. A heading in a book highlighted in red.

  3. An established rule or custom; a guideline.

More examples

In context

  • 1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.

  • That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.

  • Whilst this rubric is not written into law, it should always be followed.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The teacher used a blank to grade the essay, listing specific criteria.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.