Definition of standard

"standard" in the noun sense

1. standard, criterion, measure, touchstone

a basis for comparison a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

"the schools comply with federal standards"

"they set the measure for all subsequent work"

2. criterion, standard

the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

"they live by the standards of their community"

3. standard

a board measure = 1980 board feet

4. standard, monetary standard

the value behind the money in a monetary system

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"

6. standard, banner

any distinctive flag

"standard" in the adjective sense

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"

2. standard

commonly used or supplied

"standard procedure"

"standard car equipment"

3. standard

established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence

"a standard reference work"

"the classical argument between free trade and protectionism"

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)

5. standard, stock

regularly and widely used or sold

"a standard size"

"a stock item"

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Quotations for standard

Were I so tall to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with my span,
I must be measured by my soul:
The mind's the standard of the man. [ Watts ]

And O the buttercups! that field
O' the cloth of gold, where pennons swam -
Where France set up his lilied shield,
His oriflamb,
And Henry's lion-standard rolled:
What was it to their matchless sheen,
Their million million drops of gold
Among the green! [ Jean Ingelow ]

Beard was never the true standard of brains. [ Fuller ]

I've learned to judge of men by their own deeds;
I do not make the accident of birth
The standard of their merit. [ Mrs. Hale ]

As society advances the standard of poverty rises. [ Theodore Parker ]

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind. [ Hazlitt ]

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities. [ Hare ]

Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all. [ Burke ]

True art is like good company; it constrains us in the most charming way to recognise the standard after which and up to which our innermost being is shaped by culture. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Office of itself does much to equalize politicians. It by no means brings all characters to a level; but it does bring high characters down and low characters up towards a common standard. [ Macaulay ]

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even, than what he condemns, of his character, information, and abilities. No wonder, then, that in this prudent country most people are so shy of praising anything. [ Hare ]

Every man, within that inconsiderable figure of his, contains a whole spirit-kingdom and reflex of the All; and, though to the eye but some six standard feet in size, reaches downwards and upwards, unsurveyable, fading into the regions of immensity and eternity. [ Carlyle ]

Since I was seven years old I have seldom take, a dose of medicine, and have still seldomer needed one. But up to seven I lived exclusively on allopathic medicines. Not that I needed them, for I don't think I did; it was for economy; my father took a drug-store for a debt, and it made cod-liver oil cheaper than the other breakfast foods. We had nine barrels of it, and it lasted me seven years. Then I was weaned. The rest of the family had to get along with rhubarb and ipecac and such things, because I was the pet. I was the first Standard Oil Trust. I had it all. By the time the drugstore was exhausted my health was established, and there has never been much the matter with me since. [ Mark Twain, Seventieth Birthday speech ]

standard in Scrabble®

The word standard is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters standard:

STANDARD
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

dastard

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word standard

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In standard

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standard in Words With Friends™

The word standard is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters standard:

STANDARD
(90)
STANDARD
(90)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

dastard

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word standard

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In standard

STANDARD
(90)
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(80 = 45 + 35)
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Words within the letters of standard

2 letter words in standard (7 words)

3 letter words in standard (15 words)

5 letter words in standard (8 words)

6 letter words in standard (1 word)

7 letter words in standard (1 word)

8 letter words in standard (1 word)

standard + 1 blank (1 word)

standard + 2 blanks (2 words)

Word Growth involving standard

Shorter words in standard

ar

an and stand

an tan stand

ta tan stand

Longer words containing standard

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nonstandard nonstandardization

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