Standard | Mean of standard in English Dictionary

/ˈstændɚd/

• Noun
• a level of quality, achievement, etc., that is considered acceptable or desirable
1. high/low standards of quality
2. His work is not up to our standards. [=is not as good as we require it to be]
3. By modern/today's standards, the house is just too small.
4. industry standards
5. Their standards are slipping.
6. His work is not up to standard. = His work is below standard. [=his work is not good enough]
• ideas about morally correct and acceptable behavior
1. She has high moral standards. [=principles]
• something that is very good and that is used to make judgments about the quality of other things
1. This book is the standard by which all others must be judged.

• a fixed official unit of measurement
1. a standard of weight
• a flag that is used in official ceremonies
• a song that has been sung by many different artists
1. an old standard
• regularly and widely used, seen, or accepted
1. a standard approach/treatment
2. the standard features/colors
3. a standard medical procedure
4. standard weight
5. a window of standard width
6. The movie was a pretty standard romantic comedy.
• generally accepted and used because of high quality or excellence
1. standard reference works
• accepted and used by most of the educated speakers and writers of a language
1. standard spelling/English
2. The word is considered standard.