Word: standard Part of Speech: noun 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”). Pronunciation: /ˈstændəd/, /ˈstændɚd/, /ˈsteə̯ndɚd/, /ˈstɛə̯ndɚd/ 1. A principle or example or measure used for comparison. Example: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition. 2. A principle or example or measure used for comparison. Example: the court, which used to be the standard of propriety and correctness of speech Example: A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. 3. A principle or example or measure used for comparison. Example: I was disappointed when the concert ended with a "Tribute to Irving Berlin" that included "God Bless America" and two John Philip Sousa numbers, the "Washington Post" and "Stars and Stripes Forever." […] I think it's wrong, wrong, wrong for a gay band to play music that celebrates the martial life. There's plenty of other rousing music around, so how about dumping some of those armed forces standards. 4. A principle or example or measure used for comparison. Example: The Biden administration finalized the first national standard to limit dangerous “forever chemicals” found in nearly half of the drinking water in the United States. Example: In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book. 5. A principle or example or measure used for comparison. Example: By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. 6. A principle or example or measure used for comparison. 7. A principle or example or measure used for comparison. 8. A principle or example or measure used for comparison. Labels: India Example: I am in fifth standard. Example: I finished my twelfth standard with less than stellar marks. 9. A vertical pole with something at its apex. Example: It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there. 10. A vertical pole with something at its apex. Example: His armies, in the following day, / On those fair plains their standards proud display. 11. A vertical pole with something at its apex. 12. A vertical pole with something at its apex. 13. A vertical pole with something at its apex. 14. A vertical pole with something at its apex. Example: In the more temperate parts of France [gardens are] part laid out for Flowers, others for Fruits, ſome Standards, ſome againſt Walls or Paliſades, [...] Example: It [Loranthus europaeus] grows chiefly on the branches of standards over coppice. 15. A vertical pole with something at its apex. 16. a cairn or tumulus Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 17. a cairn or tumulus Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 18. A manual transmission vehicle. 19. The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla. 20. An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally. 21. A large drinking cup. Example: Frolic, my lords; let all the standards walk, / Ply it till every man hath ta’en his load. 22. A collar of mail protecting the neck. Labels: historical Example: The scales generally showed on the face of the garment or defence, and we find body armour, gorgets, habergeons, standards or neck defences, and even the camailt of this class of armour. Example: Goldsmiths also made gold and silver mail for the decorations of helmets and gorgets. The will of Duke Philip the Good shows that he owned a mail standard (collar) made of solid gold. 23. Ellipsis of standard poodle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Since standards are large dogs, they grow much more rapidly than miniatures and toys, which means that they require more supplements. 24. A measure for timber. Example: To clear the fallen timber quickly, arrangements were made between British Railways and the Home Timber Merchant's Association of Scotland for the purchase of timber in the form of sleepers, crossing timbers, and wagon timbers. These arrangements have now terminated, and since the storm a total of 19,000 standards of timber have been purchased by British Railways at a cost of £1,250,000.