Standard
['stændəd] or ['stændɚd]
Definition
(noun.) any distinctive flag.
(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'.
(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'.
(noun.) the value behind the money in a monetary system.
(noun.) a board measure = 1980 board feet.
(adj.) commonly used or supplied; 'standard procedure'; 'standard car equipment' .
(adj.) regularly and widely used or sold; 'a standard size'; 'a stock item' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; 'standard English' (American); 'received standard English is sometimes called the King's English' (British) .
Checker: Tessie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
(n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
(n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
(n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
(n.) The sheth of a plow.
(n.) A large drinking cup.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
(a.) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
(a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
Editor: Trudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ensign, flag, banner, streamer, pennons, colors.[2]. Criterion, rule, test, touchstone.[3]. Model, gauge.[4]. Upright, support.[5]. (Bot.) Vexillum.
Editor: Monica
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Measure, gauge, criterion, test, rule, exemplar, banner, flag, type, model,scale, plummet, trutination
ANT:Mismeasurement, misrule, misadjustment, miscomparison, inconformity, misfit,incommensurateness, non-criterion
Editor: Maynard
Definition
n. that which stands or is fixed as a rule: the upright post of a truss: that which is established as a rule or model: a grade of classification in English elementary schools: a staff with a flag: an ensign of war: one of the two flags of a heavy cavalry regiment: (hort.) a standing shrub or tree not supported by a wall.—adj. according to some standard: legal: usual: having a fixed or permanent value.—n. Stand′ard-bear′er the soldier or junior officer who carries the colours: the spokesman or representative of a movement.
Edited by Bessie
Examples
- We treat it simply as a privation because we are measuring it by adulthood as a fixed standard. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This standard is plainly imaginary. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It is a London paper, an early edition of the Evening Standard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yet there is such a standard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And there could be no obligation, because there is no standard for action there, because no understanding has been reaped from that plane. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The only known standard for the measurement of time is the movement of the earth in relation to the stars. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But a man who believes in something else than his own greed, has necessarily a conscience or standard to which he more or less adapts himself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So soon as a government departs from that standard, it ceases to be anything more than the gang in possession, and its days are numbered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But all mines must be ventilated by forcing air through them with a fan, and this air must be in sufficient quantity to keep the percentage of gas below a dangerous standard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- By the year 1880 the standard form of marine engine for large powers had become the compound double cylinder type, expanding steam from an initial pressure as high as 90 pounds. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I will plant your standard; and when you see it wave from yon highest minaret, you may gain courage, and rally round it! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was a curious example of establishing standard practice while changing with kaleidoscopic rapidity all the elements involved. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- ELECTRIC STANDARD OVEN] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He wanted to train me to an elevation I could never reach; it racked me hourly to aspire to the standard he uplifted. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The car consists of heavy steel plate structure, erected upon a flat car of standard type. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- My own sister as a wife, Sir Thomas Bertram as a husband, are my standards of perfection. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Intellectual responsibility means severe standards in this regard. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- With the growth of civilization, the gap between the original capacities of the immature and the standards and customs of the elders increases. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This organization of murder as a sport and show serves to measure the great gap in moral standards between the Roman community and our own. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In politics and social questions the appeal to its standards ceased. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The nature of standards of valuation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Men's ambitions are apt to reflect the standards of their intimates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No graven images could enter Jerusalem; even the Roman standards with their eagles had to stay outside. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These standards can be built up only through practice in following up and acting upon the meaning of what is acquired. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There is, however, grave danger that in insisting upon this end, existing economic conditions and standards will be accepted as final. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This cylinder was mounted on a shaft supported on two standards. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Its standards are in the past; for the aim is to preserve what has been gained rather than widely to extend the range of culture. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Oranges are usually divided in grades into four classes called, in the order of their quality, Extra Choice, Choice, Standards and Culls. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her convention was not their convention, their standards were not her standards. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- True individualism is a product of the relaxation of the grip of the authority of custom and traditions as standards of belief. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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