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STANDARD
standard
(adjective) commonly used or supplied; “standard procedure”; “standard car equipment”
standard, stock
(adjective) regularly and widely used or sold; “a standard size”; “a stock item”
standard
(adjective) established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; “a standard reference work”; “the classical argument between free trade and protectionism”
standard
(adjective) conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind; “windows of standard width”; “standard sizes”; “the standard fixtures”; “standard brands”; “standard operating procedure”
standard, received
(adjective) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; “standard English” (American); “received standard English is sometimes called the King’s English” (British)
standard, banner
(noun) any distinctive flag
standard
(noun) an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support); “distance was marked by standards every mile”; “lamps supported on standards provided illumination”
criterion, standard
(noun) the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; “they live by the standards of their community”
standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
(noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; “the schools comply with federal standards”; “they set the measure for all subsequent work”
standard, monetary standard
(noun) the value behind the money in a monetary system
standard
(noun) a board measure = 1980 board feet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
standard (comparative more standard, superlative most standard)
Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
(of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
Having recognized excellence or authority.
Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
(not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
As normally supplied (not optional).
(linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
Antonyms
• nonstandard, non-standard
Noun
standard (plural standards)
A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
A level of quality or attainment.
Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
A musical work of established popularity.
A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
(India) Grade level in primary education.
A vertical pole with something at its apex.
An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
The sheth of a plough.
A manual transmission vehicle.
(botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
(shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
A large drinking cup.
(sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
Hyponyms
• bog standard
• double standard
• gold standard
• time standard
Interjection
standard
(slang) An expression of agreement
Anagrams
• Randstad, sand dart
Source: Wiktionary
Stand"ard, n. Etym: [OF. estendart, F. Ă©tendard, probably fr. L. extendere to spread out, extend, but influenced by E. stand. See Extend.]
1. A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign. His armies, in the following day, On those fair plains their standards proud display. Fairfax.
2. That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
3. That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test. The court, which used to be the standard of property and correctness of speech. Swift. A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Burke.
4. (Coinage)
Definition: The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot.
5. (Hort.)
Definition: A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis. In France part of their gardens is laid out for flowers, others for fruits; some standards, some against walls. Sir W. Temple.
6. (Bot.)
Definition: The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
7. (Mech. & Carp.)
Definition: An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
8. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
9. The sheth of a plow.
10. A large drinking cup. Greene. Standard bearer, an officer of an army, company, or troop, who bears a standard; -- commonly called color sergeantor color bearer; hence, the leader of any organization; as, the standard bearer of a political party.
Stand"ard, a.
1. Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
2. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
3. (Hort.) (a) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees. (b) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree. Standard candle, Standard gauge. See under Candle, and Gauge.
– Standard solution. (Chem.) See Standardized solution, under Solution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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