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standard

 
Adjective standard has 5 senses
  1. standard - 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"
    Antonyms:
    nonstandard, deficient, inferior, substandard, nonnormative
  2. standard - commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"
    Antonym:
    uncommon (indirect, via common)
  3. standard - established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"
    Antonym:
    nonstandard
  4. standard, received - conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British)
    Antonyms: nonstandard, bad, unacceptable, unaccepted
  5. standard, stock - regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
    Antonym: irregular (indirect, via regular)
Noun standard has 6 senses
  1. standard, criterion, measure, touchstone - a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
    --1 is a kind of reference point, point of reference, reference
    --1 has particulars:
     benchmark; grade point average, GPA; yardstick; medium of exchange, monetary system; scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series; gauge, standard of measurement; baseline; norm
    Derived forms: verb standardize1, verb standardise2
  2. criterion, standard - the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"
    --2 is a kind of ideal
    --2 has particulars: control condition, control; design criteria
    Derived forms: verb standardize1, verb standardise2
  3. standard - a board measure = 1980 board feet
    --3 is a kind of
    volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
    Derived forms: verb standardize1, verb standardise2
  4. standard, monetary standard - the value behind the money in a monetary system
    --4 is a kind of value
    --4 has particulars: gold standard; silver standard; bimetallism
    Derived forms: verb standardize1, verb standardise2
  5. standard - an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support); "distance was marked by standards every mile"; "lamps supported on standards provided illumination"
    --5 is a kind of
    post
    Derived form: verb stand10
  6. standard - any distinctive flag
    --6 is a kind of
    flag
    --6 has particulars: oriflamme
stand up for stand up for yourself in a firm but posative way stand watch stand you standalone standard-bearer standard-fare standard standard standard and poor s standard and poor s index standard atmosphere standard candle standard cell standard deviation standard english standard error equation

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