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Standard
ˈstandəd
- a level of quality or attainment
"their restaurant offers a high standard of service"
- a required or agreed level of quality or attainment
"half of the beaches fail to comply with European standards"
- (in elementary schools) a grade of proficiency tested by examination or the form or class preparing pupils for such a grade
"she was still in boarding school and had twice repeated the same standard"
- something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations
"the wages are low by today's standards"
guideline norm yardstick benchmark gauge measure criterion guide touchstone model pattern example exemplar paradigm ideal archetype specification requirement rule principle law canon- principles of conduct informed by notions of honour and decency
"a decline in moral standards"
- 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)
- (especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity
- a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope
- used in names of newspapers
"a report in the Evening Standard"
- 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
- an upright water or gas pipe
- used or accepted as normal or average
"the standard rate of income tax"
normal usual typical stock common ordinary customary conventional habitual accustomed expected wonted everyday regular routine day-to-day daily established settled set fixed traditional quotidian prevailing- (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"
- denoting or relating to the form of a language widely accepted as the usual correct form
"speakers of standard English"
- (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"