standard

noun

A level of quality or attainment.

A principle or example or measure used for comparison.

Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.

A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.

A musical work of established popularity.

(sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language

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 sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.

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.

(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.

A measure for timber.

(in place names, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) a cairn or tumulus

a hill with a cairn or tumulus at its summit

A manual transmission vehicle.

The sheth of a plough.

(science fiction, fantasy) Denoting the name of a universal language in various works.

Ellipsis of standard poodle. [A relatively large poodle, measuring more than 15 inches (38 cm).]

(historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.

adjective

Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, 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.

(of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.

Roots

estandartstand- · Old French · rallying banner, place to stand firm hard-ard · Frankish · strong, firm

Synonyms for standard

criterionn normn benchmarkn normativeadj conventionaladj normaladj customaryadj usualadj touchstonen yardstickn consuetudinaryn prescriptiveadj measuren typicaladj

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