A standard is an ideal or set of criteria that you use to judge things against. Colleges have certain standards for applicants, like a minimum SAT score or an above average grade point average.
A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
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
the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"
Noun
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "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
Adjective S.
commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"
Adjective S.
regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
Adjective
established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"
Adjective
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"
Adjective
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King''s English" (British)
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.
Standard
His armies, in the following day, On those fair plains their standards proud display.2.
The court, which used to be the standard of property and correctness of speech.
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.4.
By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver.5.
In France part of their gardens is laid out for flowers, others for fruits; some standards, some against walls.6.
Standard
A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment;
Usage Examples
A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.
An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms.
A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.
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Other Usage ExamplesA successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.
Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support.
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.
'That's What She Said' is not Hollywood's standard picture of women: preternaturally gorgeous, wedding obsessed, boy crazy, fashion focused, sexed up 'girl' women. These are real women, comically portrayed, who are trying to wrestle with the very expectations of womanhood that Hollywood movies set up.
Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.
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