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STANDARD
1. [n] any distinctive flag
2. [n] an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support); "distance was marked by standards every mile"; "lamps supported on standards provided illumination"
3. [n] the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"
4. [n] a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
5. [n] the value behind the money in a monetary system
6. [n] a board measure = 1980 board feet
7. [s] commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"
8. [s] regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
9. [a] established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"
10. [a] 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"
11. [a] conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King''s English" (British)
similar words
1. [a] common
2. [a] regular
3. [s] accepted
4. [s] authoritative
5. [s] classical
6. [s] definitive
7. [s] basic
8. [s] canonic
9. [s] canonical
10. [s] casebook
11. [s] textbook
12. [s] classic
13. [s] criterial
14. [s] criterional
15. [s] modular
16. [s] normative
17. [s] regular
18. [s] regulation
19. [s] standardized
20. [s] standardised
21. [s] stock
22. [s] acceptable
23. [s] accepted
24. [s] normative
25. [s] prescriptive
opposite words
1. [a] nonstandard
2. [a] nonstandard
3. [a] nonstandard
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