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| Main Entry: |
standard
 [stan-derd] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guideline, principle |
| Synonyms: | archetype, average, axiom, barometer, beau ideal, belief, benchmark, canon, code, criterion, ethics, example, exemplar, fundamental, gauge, grade, guide, ideal, ideals, law, mean, measure, median, mirror, model, morals, norm, par, paradigm, pattern, requirement, rule, rule of thumb, sample, specification, test, touchstone, type, yardstick |
| Main Entry: | archetype |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical example |
| Synonyms: | classic exemplar, form, ideal, model, original, paradigm, pattern, perfect specimen, prime example, prototype, standard |
| Antonyms: | atypical |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal, typical amount |
| Synonyms: | mean, median, medium, middle, midpoint, norm, par, rule, standard, usual |
| Antonyms: | abnormality, exception, extreme, unusual |
Example Sentences
- One obvious improvement would be to raise car mileage standards.
- But although everyone agrees that punch cards must go, so far no one can agree on standards for the systems to replace them.
- Standards changed after a generation grew up watching movies on television rather than in theaters.
| Main Entry: | banner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flag, usually with message |
| Synonyms: | banderole, burgee, colors, emblem, ensign, gonfalon, heading, headline, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer |
| Main Entry: | benchmark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reference point |
| Synonyms: | criterion, gauge, measure, standard, touchstone, yardstick |
| Main Entry: | canon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule, edict |
| Synonyms: | assize, catalogue, command, commandment, criterion, declaration, decree, decretum, dictate, doctrine, dogma, formula, law, list, maxim, order, ordinance, precept, principle, regulation, roll, screed, standard, statute, table, tenet, touchstone, yardstick |
| Notes: | a cannon is a large mounted artillery gun or a large artillery gun that is on wheels that fires heavy projectiles while a canon is an ecclesiastical law or code of laws established by a church council or a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter |
| Main Entry: | classic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | model |
| Synonyms: | chef d'oeuvre, exemplar, magnum opus, paradigm, prototype, standard, tour de force |
| Main Entry: | column |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillar |
| Synonyms: | brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle, pier, pilaster, post, prop, pylon, shaft, standard, stay, stele, support, totem, tower, underpinning, upright |
| Main Entry: | criterion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test, gauge for judgment |
| Synonyms: | archetype, basis, benchmark, canon, example, exemplar, fact, foundation, law, measure, model, norm, opinion, original, paradigm, pattern, point of comparison, precedent, principle, proof, prototype, rule, scale, standard, touchstone, yardstick |
| Antonyms: | change, conjecture, fancy, guess, possibility, probability |
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