standard

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standards

1) N-COUNT: with supp A standard is a level of quality or achievement, especially a level that is thought to be acceptable.

The standard of professional cricket has never been lower...

There will be new national standards for hospital cleanliness.

2) N-COUNT: with supp A standard is something that you use in order to judge the quality of something else.

...systems that were by later standards absurdly primitive.

3) N-PLURAL: usu with supp Standards are moral principles which affect people's attitudes and behaviour.

→ See also double standard

My father has always had high moral standards.

Syn:

principles

4) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n You use standard to describe things which are usual and normal.

It was standard practice for untrained clerks to advise in serious cases such as murder...

No other executive car can offer you the same level of standard equipment at this price.

5) ADJ: ADJ n A standard work or text on a particular subject is one that is widely read and often recommended.