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Sounds | stae'nderd |
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Rhymes | Abelard, absurd, acquired, and 283 more rhymes in erd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value. Or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind. |
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Examples | "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure" |
Attribute of | measure, quantity, amount |
Similar | modular; normative; regular; regulation; standardized, standardised; stock |
See also | normal |
Contrary | nonstandard |
Meaning | Commonly used or supplied. |
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Examples | "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment" |
Similar to | common |
Meaning | Established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence. |
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Examples | "a standard reference work" |
Similar | accepted; authoritative, classical, definitive; basic, canonic, canonical; casebook, textbook; classic; criterial, criterional |
See also | orthodox |
Contrary | nonstandard |
Meaning | Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers. |
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Examples | "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British) |
Synonyms | received |
Category | linguistics |
Similar | acceptable, accepted; normative, prescriptive |
Contrary | nonstandard |
Meaning | Regularly and widely used or sold. |
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Examples | "a standard size" |
Synonyms | stock |
Similar to | regular |
Meaning | A basis for comparison. A reference point against which other things can be evaluated. |
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Synonyms | criterion, measure, touchstone |
Narrower | benchmark; grade point average, GPA; yardstick; medium of exchange, monetary system; scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series; gauge, standard of measurement; baseline; norm |
Broader | reference point, point of reference, reference |
Adjectives | fiducial |
Verbs | standardize, standardise |
Meaning | The ideal in terms of which something can be judged. |
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Examples | "they live by the standards of their community" |
Synonyms | criterion |
Narrower | control condition, control; design criteria |
Broader | ideal |
Verbs | standardize, standardise |
Meaning | A board measure = 1980 board feet. |
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Broader | volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit |
Verbs | standardize, standardise |
Meaning | The value behind the money in a monetary system. |
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Synonyms | monetary standard |
Narrower | gold standard; silver standard; bimetallism |
Broader | value |
Verbs | standardize, standardise |
Meaning | An upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support). |
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Examples | "distance was marked by standards every mile"; "lamps supported on standards provided illumination" |
Broader | post |
Verbs | stand |
Meaning | Any distinctive flag. |
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Narrower | oriflamme |
Broader | flag |