standard

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈstændɚd/ UK /ˈstændəd/ See IPA manual

Freq #3100

Meanings

1

noun
A level of quality used to judge how good something is.

The hotel offers a high standard of service.
2

adj
Normal, usual, or commonly used.

This is the standard size for office paper.
3

adj
Accepted as correct by educated speakers of a language.

The book is written in standard English.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a level of quality used to... criterion

2 adj · normal, usual, or commonly... stock

3 adj · accepted as correct by... received

More acceptable accepted accustomed book canonical classic consistent conventional customary definitive desired established

Opposites

atypicalnon-standardnonstandard off special

Word family

Forms standards

Derived forms bog-standardindustry-standardmalstandardmore-standardmultistandardnanostandardprestandardsemistandardstandard-bearerstandard-likestandard-sizestandard-sized

Related forms valid

Etymology

From Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent to stand + -ard. An alternative etymology derives the second element from Frankish *oʀd (“point, spot, place”) (compare Old French ordé (“pointed”), Old English ord (“point, source, vanguard”), German Standort (“location, place, site, position, base”, literally “standing-point”)). Merged with Middle English standar, stander, standere (“flag, banner”, literally “stander”), equivalent to stand + -er. More at stand, hard, ord. As a hi…

standard Middle English estandart Old French *standahard frk *oʀd frk standar Middle English

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# standard

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈstændɚd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstændəd/
**Frequency rank:** 3100

## Meanings
1. A level of quality used to judge how good something is.
2. Normal, usual, or commonly used.
3. Accepted as correct by educated speakers of a language.

## Examples
- The hotel offers a high standard of service.
- This is the standard size for office paper.
- The book is written in standard English.

## Synonyms
- acceptable
- accepted
- accustomed
- book
- canonical
- classic
- consistent
- conventional
- customary
- definitive
- desired
- established

## Antonyms
- atypical
- non-standard
- nonstandard
- off
- special

## Derived Forms
- bog-standard
- industry-standard
- malstandard
- more-standard
- multistandard
- nanostandard
- prestandard
- semistandard
- standard-bearer
- standard-like
- standard-size
- standard-sized

## Related Forms
- valid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: standard
- Root: estandart
- Root: *standahard
- Root: *oʀd
- Root: standar

## Etymology
From Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent to stand + -ard. An alternative etymology derives the second element from Frankish *oʀd (“point, spot, place”) (compare Old French ordé (“pointed”), Old English ord (“point, source, vanguard”), German Standort (“location, place, site, position, base”, literally “standing-point”)). Merged with Middle English standar, stander, standere (“flag, banner”, literally “stander”), equivalent to stand + -er. More at stand, hard, ord. As a hi…

## AI Etymology
Standard is from Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent to stand + -ard. An alternative etymology derives the second element from Frankish *oʀd (“point, spot, place”) (compare Old French ordé (“pointed”), Old English ord (“point, source, vanguard”), German Standort (“location, place, site, position, base”, literally “standing-point”)). Merged with Middle English standar, stander, standere (“flag, banner”, literally “stander”), equivalent to stand + -er.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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