standard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstændəd/
ipa: /ˈstændəɹd/
ipa: [ˈsteəndɚd]
Forms: form: most standard
Etymology: From Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent to stand + -ard. An alternative etymology derives the second element from Frankish *oʀd (“point, spot, place”) (compare Old French ordé (“pointed”), Old English ord (“point, source, vanguard”), German Standort (“location, place, site, position, base”, literally “standing-point”)). Merged with Middle English standar, stander, standere (“flag, banner”, literally “stander”), equivalent to stand + -er. More at stand, hard, ord. As a hill-naming term possibly a calque from Cumbric; equivalent to Welsh lluman (“standard”), arising with confusion with the hill-naming element llumon (“chimney”).
Senses: glosses: Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
examples: text: There are women who cannot grow alone as standard trees;—for whom the support and warmth of some wall, some paling, some post, is absolutely necessary […].
ref: 1863, Anthony Trollope, Rachel Ray:
glosses: Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
raw_tags: of a tree or shrub
examples: text: standard works in history; standard authors
glosses: Having recognized excellence or authority.
glosses: Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
glosses: Having a manual transmission.
raw_tags: of a motor vehicle
examples: text: Although marketed by Daimler as standard equipment, Triton requested that Daimler deliver the 2022 truck-tractor without collision avoidance technology. As a result, Triton received a cost discount on its truck order, which included this truck. Triton told the NTSB that the owner and several of the drivers had field-tested an earlier version of the equipment, and they did not like its performance.
ref: 2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05:
text: A study funded by the FMCSA found that although several heavy-vehicle manufacturers have voluntarily made AEB “standard” on many new truck models, they also offer “deletion credits” to customers who choose to remove AEB, which provides customers financial incentive to forego the technology and which ultimately reduces voluntary adoption rates
ref: 2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05:
glosses: As normally supplied (not optional).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Conforming to the standard variety.
Synonyms: word: acceptable
word: accepted
word: accustomed
word: book
word: by the book
word: canonical
word: classic
word: consistent
word: conventional
word: customary
word: definitive
word: desired
word: established
word: expected
word: habitual
word: law-abiding
word: ordinal
word: ordinary
word: orthodox
word: permissible
word: plain
word: procedural
word: recognized
word: regular
word: routinary
word: routine
word: standard
word: traditional
word: typical
word: uniform
word: usual
word: wonted
Hypernyms: word: normal
Derived terms: bog-standard
China Standard Time
Israel Standard Time
Main Standard Time
malstandard
Maoist Standard English
Middle East Standard Time
more-standard
Nepal Standard Time
perfect gold standard test
Philippine Standard Time
primary time standard
Samoa Standard Time
South African Standard Time
Sri Lanka Standard Time
Standard Aramaic
standard candle
standard coin
standard conditions
standard definition
standard deviation
standard dialect
standard drink
standard electrode potential
standard error
standard fare
standard form
standard gauge
standard gravity
standard hydrogen electrode
standard issue
standardize
standard lamp
standard language
standard lens
standard-like
standard meridian
Standard Model
standard model
standard money
standard normal distribution
standard normal random variable
standard poodle
standard port
standard ruler
standard siren
standard-size
standard star
standard temperature and pressure
standard theory
standard time
standard topology
standard transmission
standard-wing
Standard Zone Time
Standarin
sub-standard
substandard