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/ˈstandərd/

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- 1. a level of quality or attainment: "their restaurant offers a high standard of service" Similar qualitylevelgradedegreeworthcalibermeritexcellence
- ▪ a required or agreed level of quality or attainment: "half of the beaches fail to comply with EPA standards" Similar guidelinenormyardstickbenchmarkgaugemeasurecriterionguidetouchstonemodelpatternexampleexemplarparadigmidealarchetypespecificationrequirementruleprinciplelawcanon
- 2. an idea or thing used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations: "the wages are low by today's standards" Similar guidelinenormyardstickbenchmarkgaugemeasurecriterionguidetouchstonemodelpatternexampleexemplarparadigmidealarchetypespecificationrequirementruleprinciplelawcanon
- ▪ principles of conduct informed by notions of honor and decency: "a decline in moral standards" Similar principlerule of livingcode of behaviorcode of honormoralsscruplesethicsideals
- ▪ a form of language that is widely accepted as the usual form: "the idea of the standard is projected backwards onto states of language"
- ▪ the prescribed weight of fine metal in gold or silver coins: "the sterling standard for silver"
- ▪ a system by which the value of a currency is defined in terms of gold or silver or both.
- 3. a tune or song of established popularity.
- 4. a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope. Similar flagbannerpennantpennonstreamerensigncolor (s)banderolependantburgeevexillumrare:gonfalonguidonlabarum
- 5. a tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height.
- ▪ a shrub grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form: "a standard rose"
- ▪ the large, frequently erect uppermost petal of a papilionaceous flower.
- ▪ one of the inner petals of an iris flower, frequently erect.
- 6. an upright water or gas pipe.
adjective
- 1. used or accepted as normal or average: "the standard rate of income tax" Similar normalusualtypicalstockcommonordinarycustomaryconventionalhabitualaccustomedexpectedwontedeverydayregularroutineday-to-daydailyestablishedsettledsetfixedtraditionalquotidianprevailingOpposite unusualspecial
- ▪ (of a size, measure, design, etc.) such as is regularly used or produced; not special or exceptional: "all these doors come in a range of standard sizes"
- ▪ (of a work, repertoire, or writer) viewed as authoritative or of permanent value and so widely read or performed: "his essays on the interpretation of reality became a standard text" Similar definitiveestablishedclassicrecognizedapprovedacceptedauthoritativemost reliablemost completeexhaustiveofficial
- ▪ denoting or relating to the spoken or written form of a language widely accepted as usual and correct: "speakers of standard English"
- 2. (of a tree or shrub) growing on an erect stem of full height: "standard trees are useful for situations where immediate height is needed"
- ▪ (of a shrub) grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form: "standard roses"
Word Origin Middle English (denoting a flag raised on a pole as a rallying point, the authorized exemplar of a unit of measurement, or an upright timber): shortening of Old French estendart, from estendre ‘extend’; in standard (sense 4 of the noun, sense 5 of the noun, sense 6 of the noun), influenced by the verb stand.
Derivatives
- 1. standardly adverb
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