norm

B2 Topic:People & Society

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.

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Synonyms

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

Word family

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

Related forms abnormityabnormousnormalnormatednormaticnormativenormo-

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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# 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
- People & Society

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