STANDARD
\stˈandəd], \stˈandəd], \s_t_ˈa_n_d_ə_d]\
Definitions of STANDARD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the value behind the money in a monetary system
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any distinctive flag
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an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support); "distance was marked by standards every mile"; "lamps supported on standards provided illumination"
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commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"
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regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
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established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"
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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"
By Princeton University
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the value behind the money in a monetary system
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(linguistics) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British)
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any distinctive flag
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an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support); "distance was marked by standards every mile"; "lamps supported on standards provided illumination"
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commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"
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regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
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established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
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Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
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Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
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A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
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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.
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That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
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The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
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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.
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An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
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An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
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The sheth of a plow.
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A large drinking cup.
By Oddity Software
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An ensign or flag under which men are united for some common purpose; especially, a national ensign; that which is established by authority as a fixed rule or measure; test; an upright support.
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Established by rule or model; as, a standard price; having a recognized value; as, a standard novel.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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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 staff with a flag: an ensign of war: one of the two flags of a cavalry regiment (not dragoons): (hort.) a standing tree, not supported by a wall.
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According to some standard: legal: usual: having a fixed or permanent value.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Accurate and authoritative.
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Any established measure; a type, model, or example for comparison.
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An upright timber, post, or the like.
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A flag, ensign, or banner.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Fixed in value by some standard.
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That which is authoritatively established as a rule; that which is established by public opinion or custom; criterion; test; an ensign of war; a staff with a flag or colours; a measure by which the regulated height of recruits is ascertained; the proportion of weight of fine metal or alloy established by authority; a tree not supported or attached to a wall; an upright support; an inverted knee placed upon the deck instead of beneath it.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That which is established as a rule, measure, or model; a criterion; a test; that which is of undoubted excellence; a standing tree or stem, as distinguished from a wall-tree; in mil., an ensign; a staff and flag, or colours; in carpentry, an upright support; in shipbuilding, an inverted knee placed upon the deck instead of beneath it; in coinage, the proportion of weight of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
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Having a fixed and permanent value; not of the dwarf kind, as a tree.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German, French] An ensign of war; a staff with a flag or colours; a banner; -that which is established by authority as a rule or measure of quantity; hence, the original weight or measure sanctioned by government ;-that which is established as a rule or model ; criterion ;-proportion of weight of fine metal and alloy established by authority ;-a standing tree or stem ;-an upright support ; any upright in framing.
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