boilerplate
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- noun
- /ˈbɔɪlərˌpleɪt/
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texto estándar
- And then other folks said it was a standard boilerplate thing found in several places.
- boilerplate language
Examples
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These are standard boilerplate-type questions.
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Allowing the public to comment could force agencies to perform true analyses and not rely on boilerplate language.
Academic text (1995) -
Here is a simple boilerplate contract for my services.
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Yeah, more or less standard boilerplate, I guess.
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Yeah, yeah, standard resignation boilerplate.
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So the first contract they give you, it's going to be boilerplate or it's going to be, you know, skewed to favor them.
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Just follow the boilerplate, and you'll be fine.
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It's all standard boilerplate.
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I have focused on contract-as-product theory and two types of boilerplate contracts that represent extreme manifestations of that theory.
Academic text (2018) -
Most attorneys will simply hand you a boilerplate retention agreement to sign.
Synonyms
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A paper or cloth guide used to cut fabric for clothes
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A model people use to compare or judge other things
Antonyms
How Standard
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boilerplate also came to mean standard language used again and again, from the idea of a metal plate for a boiler that could be reused. Think of a stamp that makes the same shape over and over, so 'boilerplate' now means 'ready-made' text in contracts and news stories.