gold standard
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3.9
- noun
- /ɡoʊld ˈstændərd/
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patrón de referencia
- Endoscopy is considered to be the gold standard for assessing tracheal abnormalities.
- the gold standard for diagnosis
- gold standard for diagnosing
- remain the gold standard
LDL has always been kind of the gold standard marker in terms of cardiovascular health.
- LDL has always been kind of the gold standard marker in terms of cardiovascular health.
- But this is really like the gold standard, right?
- But if we if we take this underwater approach as the, say, Olympic gold standard, how do these things stack up?
- CBT for a very long time was our gold standard.
- Microsoft is branding and spending a lot of money to promote these as the gold standard of PCs.
- And so it's, it's used in a way as a gold standard of saying this is the glucose response to sugar.
- They achieve what I call the gold standard of golden children.
- But like, this is a gold standard of a magnificent STLSTL drawing.
Examples
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The new software update aims to make our app the gold standard in user experience and performance.
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People have long held Chick-fil-A to be the gold standard of chicken sandwiches.
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And to me, this version of the S Class has always been the gold standard of the gold standard.
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Your work is a gold standard in field.
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This is, this is the gold standard for journalism.
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Medical research supports human milk as the gold standard of infant nutrition.
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I've always considered you the gold standard for superheroes.
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Blood cultures are used to identify the pathogens and are the gold standard for the diagnosis of bacteremic patients.
Academic text (2017) -
Endoscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of near-complete and complete tracheal rings.
Academic text (2008) -
Combined mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty have been considered the gold standard for the treatment of chronically draining ears.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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1.6
An agreed level of quality or rule for judging something
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3.7
A model people use to compare or judge other things
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3.9
A way to judge how good or successful something is
A trusted way to measure progress or quality
How Excellent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'standard' as a basis or measure combined with 'gold' signals a system or benchmark based on gold, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a monetary system tied to gold. This construction and sense are cross-linguistically common and follow literal combinatory logic, making it readily comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Gold standard comes from an old money system where gold was the standard of value for a country's money. Because gold was steady and trusted, people now use the phrase to mean 'the best' or 'most reliable' example.