benchmark
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- noun
- /ˈbɛnʧmɑrk/
- Progress for some of the children accelerates so they meet benchmarks by the next evaluation.
- meet benchmarks
- use benchmarks
- establish benchmarks
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Watch on YouTubeAnd you know, it's maybe a, a rough benchmark for for health, right?
- And you know, it's maybe a, a rough benchmark for for health, right?
- So one, one of the benchmarks for me is humor, right?
- And that is the benchmark for comparison.
- Yeah, we beat those ETFs and we beat that benchmark and we beat this and that.
- And then the third benchmark is your delivery.
- I mean, it's been great for me to have a benchmark to like see my improvement.
- And each one of these has different benchmarks for success.
- You know, it's, it's really those kind of tactile benchmarks that we're judging our progress by.
- And then I can just have a nice benchmark of, of, of average.
- So if that's the that's the benchmark, those images.
- So the quote that they put out User Benchmark attempted to address the outcry.
Examples
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In education, a standardized test serves as a benchmark to evaluate student performance.
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And that is the benchmark for comparison.
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The state Benchmark Exam is in just two weeks.
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But what this trade will do is serve as... a benchmark for future business, Kevin.
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The benchmark of a civilized society is the quality of its justice.
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And score above a 90% on the yearly benchmark exam.
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Individually, eight of nine students met the benchmark goal for the PSF and NWF measures.
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The project's success was measured against the benchmark set by last year's top performers.
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The company uses the sales figures from last quarter as a benchmark to assess current growth.
Synonyms
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1.6
An agreed level of quality or rule for judging something
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A standard used to compare people or things
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3.1
A standard used to compare other things
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A starting point for comparing later results
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The best and most trusted example that people use to judge other things
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A known mark people use to compare or find position
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A way to judge how good or successful something is
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A trusted way to measure progress or quality
How High
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- Specialized
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3.1
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Benchmark comes from that idea of a mark on a bench that did not move, which made it a reliable point to compare from. So a benchmark is any standard or point of reference you use to judge or measure other things.