norm

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /nɔɹm/ UK /nɔːm/ See IPA manual

Freq #7660

Meanings

1

noun
What is usual, normal, or expected.

Working from home has become the norm for many people.
2

noun
An accepted rule or standard of behaviour within a society or group.

Every culture has its own social norms.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · what is usual, normal, or... average

Word family

Derived forms adnormconormcopynormcr-normexonorminfinity-normmetanormmultinormnorm-referencednorm-referencingnorm-residuenormable

Related forms abnormityabnormousnormalnormatednormaticnormativenormo-

Simplified etymology

Norm entered English in the early 19th century from Latin norma, meaning “pattern” or “standard.” The same Latin word forms part of enormis, the source of enormous, and also underlies normal.

Etymology

From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma.

*ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European norma Latin

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Topics

General Vocabulary

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# norm

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /nɔɹm/
**IPA (UK):** /nɔːm/
**Frequency rank:** 7660

## Meanings
1. What is usual, normal, or expected.
2. An accepted rule or standard of behaviour within a society or group.

## Examples
- Working from home has become the norm for many people.
- Every culture has its own social norms.

## Derived Forms
- adnorm
- conorm
- copynorm
- cr-norm
- exonorm
- infinity-norm
- metanorm
- multinorm
- norm-referenced
- norm-referencing
- norm-residue
- normable

## Related Forms
- abnormity
- abnormous
- normal
- normated
- normatic
- normative
- normo-

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵneh₃-
- Root: norma

## Etymology
From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma.

## AI Etymology
Norm comes from Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma. The historical chain includes *ǵneh₃- (Proto-Indo-European) and norma (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as adnorm, conorm, copynorm, and cr-norm and related forms such as abnormity, abnormous, and normal. In present use it covers what is usual, normal, or expected and an accepted rule or standard of behaviour within a society or group.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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