standard
♦♦ stand|ard /st'ændərd/ (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.
My father has always had high moral standards.
see also double standard
4 [ADJ] 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...
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
A standard work or text on a particular subject is one that is widely read and often recommended.dou|ble stand|ard (double standards)
[N-COUNT]
If you accuse a person or institution of applying double standards in their treatment of different groups of people, you mean that they unfairly allow more freedom of behaviour to one group than to another.
Mrs Starky accused the local police of operating double standards...liv|ing stand|ard (living standards)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Living standards or living standard is used to refer to the level of comfort in which people live, which usually depends on how much money they have.
Cheaper housing would vastly improve the living standards of ordinary people...
Critics say his reforms have caused the fall in living standards.stand|ard bear|er (standard bearers)
also standard-bearer
[N-COUNT] usu with supp
If you describe someone as the standard bearer of a group, you mean that they act as the leader or public representative of a group of people who have the same aims or interests.
Farrakhan was a poor standard-bearer for the causes of African-Americans.stand|ard lamp (standard lamps)
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A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room. (BRIT; in AM, use floor lamp)stand|ard of liv|ing (standards of living)
[N-COUNT]
Your standard of living is the level of comfort and wealth which you have.
We'll continue to fight for a decent standard of living for our members.stand|ard time
[N-UNCOUNT] usu supp N
Standard time is the official local time of a region or country.
French standard time is GMT plus 1 hr.
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.
My father has always had high moral standards.
see also double standard
4 [ADJ] 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...
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
A standard work or text on a particular subject is one that is widely read and often recommended.dou|ble stand|ard (double standards)
[N-COUNT]
If you accuse a person or institution of applying double standards in their treatment of different groups of people, you mean that they unfairly allow more freedom of behaviour to one group than to another.
Mrs Starky accused the local police of operating double standards...liv|ing stand|ard (living standards)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Living standards or living standard is used to refer to the level of comfort in which people live, which usually depends on how much money they have.
Cheaper housing would vastly improve the living standards of ordinary people...
Critics say his reforms have caused the fall in living standards.stand|ard bear|er (standard bearers)
also standard-bearer
[N-COUNT] usu with supp
If you describe someone as the standard bearer of a group, you mean that they act as the leader or public representative of a group of people who have the same aims or interests.
Farrakhan was a poor standard-bearer for the causes of African-Americans.stand|ard lamp (standard lamps)
[N-COUNT]
A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room. (BRIT; in AM, use floor lamp)stand|ard of liv|ing (standards of living)
[N-COUNT]
Your standard of living is the level of comfort and wealth which you have.
We'll continue to fight for a decent standard of living for our members.stand|ard time
[N-UNCOUNT] usu supp N
Standard time is the official local time of a region or country.
French standard time is GMT plus 1 hr.