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standard

The English word “standard” has 34 meanings listed here.

  1. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
  2. Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
  3. Having recognized excellence or authority.
  4. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
  5. Having a manual transmission.
  6. As normally supplied (not optional).
  7. Conforming to the standard variety.
  8. A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
  9. A level of quality or attainment.
  10. Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
  11. A musical work of established popularity.
  12. A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
  13. The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
  14. standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
  15. A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
  16. Grade level in primary education.
  17. A vertical pole with something at its apex.
  18. An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
  19. The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
  20. One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
  21. Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
  22. A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
  23. A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
  24. The sheth of a plough.
  25. a cairn or tumulus
  26. a hill with a cairn or tumulus at its summit
  27. A manual transmission vehicle.
  28. The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
  29. An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
  30. A large drinking cup.
  31. A collar of mail protecting the neck.
  32. Ellipsis of standard poodle.
  33. A measure for timber.
  34. An expression of agreement.
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