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   standard

   /ˈstandəd/

   noun

   • 1. a level of quality or attainment: "their restaurant offers a high standard of service" Similar qualitylevelgradedegreeworthcalibremeritexcellence
   • ▪ a required or agreed level of quality or attainment: "half of the beaches fail to comply with European standards" Similar guidelinenormyardstickbenchmarkgaugemeasurecriterionguidetouchstonemodelpatternexampleexemplarparadigmidealarchetypespecificationrequirementruleprinciplelawcanon
   • ▪ (in elementary schools) a grade of proficiency tested by examination or the form or class preparing pupils for such a grade: historical British "she was still in boarding school and had twice repeated the same standard"
   • 2. something 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 honour and decency: "a decline in moral standards" Similar principlerule of livingcode of behaviourcode of honourmoralsscruplesethicsideals
   • ▪ a form of language that is widely accepted as the usual form: "the idea of the standard is projected backwards on to 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.
   • ▪ a measure for timber, equivalent to 165 cu. ft (4.67 cubic metres).
   • 3. (especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity.
   • 4. a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope. Similar flagbannerpennantpennonstreamerensigncolour (s)banderolependantburgeevexillumrare:gonfalonguidonlabarum
   • ▪ used in names of newspapers: "a report in the Evening Standard"
   • 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.) 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 form of a language widely accepted as the usual correct form: "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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