1used or accepted as normal or average:the standard rate of income taxit is standard practice in museums to register objects as they are acquired
(of a size, measure, design, etc.) regularly used or produced; not special or exceptional:all these doors come in a range of standard sizes
(of a work, repertoire, or writer) viewed as authoritative or of permanent value and so widely read or performed:his essays on the interpretation of reality became a standard text
denoting or relating to the form of a language widely accepted as the usual correct form:speakers of standard English
2 [attributive] (of a tree or shrub) growing on an erect stem of full height:standard trees are useful for situations where immediate height is needed
(of a shrub) grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form:standard roses
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1a level of quality or attainment:their restaurant offers a high standard of servicethe government’s ambition to raise standards in schools
a required or agreed level of quality or attainment:half of the beaches fail to comply with European standards [mass noun]:their tap water was not up to standard
British historical (in elementary schools) a grade of proficiency tested by examination or the form or class preparing pupils for such a grade:she was still in boarding school and had twice repeated the same standard
2something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations:the wages are low by today’s standardsthe system had become an industry standard
(standards) principles of conduct informed by notions of honour and decency:a decline in moral standards
the prescribed weight of fine metal in gold or silver coins:the sterling standard for silver
a system by which the value of a currency is defined in terms of gold or silver or both.
a measure for timber, equivalent to 165 cu. ft (4.67 cubic metres).
3(especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity.
4a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope.
used in names of newspapers:a report in the Evening Standard
5a tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height.
a shrub grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form: [as modifier]:a standard rose
Botany the large, frequently erect uppermost petal of a papilionaceous flower.Also called vexillum.
Botany one of the inner petals of an iris flower, frequently erect.
6an upright water or gas pipe.
raise one's (or the) standard
take up arms; oppose:he is the only one who has dared raise his standard against her
standardly
adverb
any natural law theory standardly requires a form of rational justification
