the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; " they live by the standards of their community"

the value behind the money in a monetary system

( 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)

any distinctive flag

an upright pole or beam ( especially one used as a support); " distance was marked by standards every mile"; " lamps supported on standards provided illumination"

commonly used or supplied; " standard procedure"; " standard car equipment"

regularly and widely used or sold; " a standard size"; " a stock item"

established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; " a standard reference work"

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"

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.

Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.

Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.

Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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.

That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.

The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.

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 upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.

An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.

The sheth of a plow.

A large drinking cup.

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.

Established by rule or model; as, a standard price; having a recognized value; as, a standard novel.

Anything serving as a type or pattern to which other like things must conform.

An authority.

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.

According to some standard: legal: usual: having a fixed or permanent value.

Fixed model; ensign or banner.

Of fixed quality, size, or value.

Accurate and authoritative.

Any established measure; a type, model, or example for comparison.

An upright timber, post, or the like.

A flag, ensign, or banner.

Fixed in value by some standard.

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.

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.

Having a fixed and permanent value; not of the dwarf kind, as a tree.

Then such as he have a very low standard of morality. – An Ocean Tramp by William McFee

By cutting the short piece into two nearly equal parts, I could then take the larger of them, and, by a similar process, obtain the standard of a foot, and mark it also upon my rule; and so on till I had succeeded in arriving at the inches. – The Boy Tar by Mayne Reid

And, when we do, by what standard can we measure it? – Jess by H. Rider Haggard

You made me feel that you were not setting a higher standard for me than you would accept for yourself. – The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead

In some quarters it will be readily received as the standard life of the good President. – Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by John B. Remsburg

He became her standard of behavior. – Carnival by Compton Mackenzie

It also makes a good handsome standard tree for open cultivation. – Soil Culture by J. H. Walden

To the question, " Science is the standard for everything; if we cannot believe in science, then what must we believe in?" – Down-with-the-Cities by Nakashima, Tadashi

The black, yellow and red standard flies everywhere alone. – A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair

" I saw your jolly address in the Standard," he said to Magnet. – Marriage by H. G. Wells

Robert is a warm admirer of Balzac and has read most of his books, but certainly- oh certainly- he does not in a general way appreciate our French people quite with our warmth; he takes too high a standard, I tell him, and won't listen to a story for a story's sake. – The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Frederic G. Kenyon

We were looking for an asteroid in a standard orbit in the Belt. – Gold in the Sky by Alan Edward Nourse

His talents will now be measured by a very different standard. – Ernest Maltravers, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Yet if by a heaven- sent chance none, or very few, reached the necessary standard of excellence-? – Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc

This standard had its effect on literature. – Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben P. Halleck

It was a bad dream by any standard. – Space Tug by Murray Leinster

The open fire at once sets up a standard of comparison. – Backlog Studies by Charles Dudley Warner Last Updated: February 23, 2009

It was in the Standard, so there is no doubt about it. – A Tale of a Lonely Parish by F. Marion Crawford

If the gold standard is a good thing, why try to get rid of it? – One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus

They soon attracted to their standard all who were still faithful to the law. – The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent