baseline

[beys-lahyn] / ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn /

NOUN

basic standard or level

Synonyms

STRONGEST

control criterion guideline measure standard

STRONG

diagnostic touchstone

WEAK

basis example exemplar paradigm precedent threshold

Example Sentences

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So my baseline is that it will take until the end of my term.

From The Wall Street Journal

Risk models, stress tests, and liquidity practices begin to assume that level of reserves is a baseline.

From Barron's

“We desperately need to understand what the baseline of human flatulence patterns are,” says Brantley Hall, the study’s principal researcher at UMD.

From The Wall Street Journal

Walmart, the largest grocery chain in the country, was used as the baseline retailer, meaning all supermarkets in the study were determined to be either more or less expensive than Walmart.

From Salon

That has enormous political implications, of course, with the U.S. midterm elections just a few months away, but it also sets a baseline for what investors will have to navigate over the coming year.

From Barron's