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Standard

adjective

1.

Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind. "Standard sizes" , "The standard fixtures" , "Standard brands" , "Standard operating procedure"

2.

Commonly used or supplied. "Standard car equipment"

3.

Established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence. "The classical argument between free trade and protectionism"

4.

Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers. Synonym: received. "Received standard English is sometimes called the King's English"

5.

Regularly and widely used or sold. Synonym: stock. "A stock item"

noun

1.

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated. Synonyms: criterion, measure, touchstone. "They set the measure for all subsequent work"

2.

The ideal in terms of which something can be judged. Synonym: criterion.

3.

A board measure = 1980 board feet.

4.

The value behind the money in a monetary system. Synonym: monetary standard.

5.

An upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support). "Lamps supported on standards provided illumination"

6.

Any distinctive flag. Synonym: banner.

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"Standard" Quotes from Famous Books

... is said he used in celebrating mass, was made into a standard, which was believed to bring victory. That gained at Flodden Field was ascribed to it. The banner is said to have been burnt by the sister of Calvin, who was the wife of the first Protestant Dean of Durham Cathedral. No one ...

— Grace Darling - Heroine of the Farne Islands • Eva Hope

... wife had no idea of restricting Ida's education to the rather limited standard indicated by Rachel. So, from the first, they sent her to a carefully selected private school, where she had the advantage of good associates, and where her progress ...

— Jack's Ward • Horatio Alger, Jr.

... unbelievers, rebellious, political squabblers. They may say in scorn, You Protestants know not whither you are going; you have broken yourselves off from the old Catholic tree, and now, in the wild exercise of your own private judgment, you are losing all that standard of doctrine, all unity of belief. Our answer will be—It is not so: but even if it were so— even if we did not know whither we were going—we should go forward still. For though we know not, God knows. We have committed ourselves to ...

— Sermons for the Times • Charles Kingsley

... looked upon poor dead Kitty, and wondered what was the flaw in her intellect that made her the slave of a gambler and a villain. You argued that only an unsophisticated school girl could be deceived as was poor Madeline. Oh, you have been very proud, and very high has been your standard of manly worth, Miss Claire Keith! So high that the man who has occupied it might easily slip ...

— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch

... suppose it's a question of what one values most, or perhaps what most strongly appeals to one's fancy. It would be difficult to fix an accurate standard for judging suitors by, wouldn't it?" Then her tone grew scornful. "Besides, as those who are eligible aren't numerous, a girl's expected to wait with an encouraging smile and thankfully ...

— Prescott of Saskatchewan • Harold Bindloss

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