standard
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- noun
- /ˈstændərd/
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- The royal standard was displayed at the annual military parade, symbolizing the king's authority.
- a standard bearer
Napoleon had eagle standards for his, you know, military.
- Napoleon had eagle standards for his, you know, military.
- And he said, well, how can I lead men if I can't hold the standard myself?
Examples
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Raise the standard!
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From today, their standard will carry its first wreath.
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Our enemy is in retreat, and our standards fly over the fields of their dead.
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Napoleon had eagle standards for his, you know, military.
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The horses blast out of the hall under the standard of Rohan.
Fiction book (2002) -
But the loss of a Roman standard in such a pointless skirmish is a bitter blow.
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A magnificent standard.
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Rhain of Pembroke commands the warriors under my standard.
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A lone horseman carrying the crossed-sword standard started to gallop toward their line.
Fiction book (1990) -
A royal entourage comes, flying banners of truce and the standards of Longshanks himself!
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A piece of cloth used as a symbol for a country or group
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1.2
A long strip with a sign used to decorate or advertise
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7.9
A flag flown on a ship to show its country
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3.4
The national flag of the United States with stars and stripes that stands for the country
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A long narrow flag that ends in a point used for decoration or signals
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1.3
A piece of cloth that officially represents a country
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9.9
A small flag carried by a military group to show its identity
A flag used by soldiers or officials in the Ottoman Empire
A pole with a banner that a Roman unit uses to show who they are and help soldiers gather
A flag or banner used as a historic symbol in battle
Compounds
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An unfair rule that treats similar people differently and gives one group more advantages
- Formal
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A set of steps people follow the same way every time to do a task safely and correctly
- Specialized
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A number that shows how much values in a set vary from the average
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2.4
The standard time for the eastern United States, five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
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Time zone used in central United States that is six hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
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3.0
The standard time used on the west coast of the United States and Canada, 8 hours behind GMT
- Specialized
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3.8
A rule made by an official group that tells how to record money in company accounts
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3.1
A time zone seven hours behind Greenwich Mean Time used in US and Canadian mountain states
- Specialized
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9.5
A standard measure of how bright a light is, originally based on a candle
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3.3
A large intelligent dog with curly fur often kept as a pet and used in dog shows
- Specialized
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The usual air pressure at sea level used for checking and calibrating instruments
- Specialized
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3.5
The distance between the inside edges of two rails used by most railways
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4.1
A way of changing gears in a car by using a gear lever and a clutch pedal
- Archaic
Time that is 11 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and used in parts of the Pacific
A rule that lets men have more freedom about sex than women and judges them more harshly
The time used in most of Alaska that is nine hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
A code using seven bits to represent letters, numbers, and simple control characters so computers can share text
An English translation of the Bible based on the King James Version first published in the United States in 1901
- Specialized
A way of speaking that differs from the usual form used by local native adults
- Specialized
A measure of how far actual values usually are from predicted values
- Specialized
A collection of data made automatically with imperfect labels used instead of a high-quality one
- Specialized
A person standing facing forward with arms at sides and palms forward, used as a reference for describing the body
- Specialized
A number that shows how a group of stocks is doing in the market
- Specialized
The pressure at sea level used as a reference equal to a 760 mm column of mercury at zero Celsius
- Specialized
A system that uses tags to show a document's parts and format
- Specialized
A temperature of exactly zero degrees Celsius that scientists use as a reference
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Etymology
Standard originally meant a banner or flag that 'stands' on a pole for a group in battle, coming from the root stand which means 'to stand'. So, a standard is still a flag or banner that shows who a group is.