yardstick
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- noun
- /ˈjɑrdˌstɪk/
- Build a profession that is a yardstick of quality for all other subjects.
- yardstick for measuring
- provide a yardstick
- a yardstick for standards
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Watch on YouTubeYou work for you and you don't hold yourself to that ridiculous yardstick, that ridiculous standard.
- You work for you and you don't hold yourself to that ridiculous yardstick, that ridiculous standard.
- And, he says, if we use this yardstick, Dostoevsky is no match for Agatha Christie.
- But girls do a lot where because they're in a relationship, they use it as a yardstick to beat single guys with.
- You're taking the all time high as the yardstick, right?
- So their own yardstick for measuring this stuff is completely warped.
- At least I, I sort of use that as a, as a, a yardstick be like, well, is this going to matter in my rocking chair?
- And so I think if Medicare could bark, I mean, Medicare kind of sets a yardstick for what insurers do.
- So if this is the yardstick to build an algorithm that knows you better than your than you know yourself, this is not an impossible mission.
- That seems like a good yardstick.
Examples
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There are many indicators of excellence that schools can use as yardsticks for purposes of self-improvement.
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CBMs were developed to function as "academic yardsticks" to monitor students' growth in basic academic skills.
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The law is our yardstick, and it measures well or well enough.
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You see, it gives them a yardstick to measure themselves by.
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And I think in the past, at least in the United Kingdom, social workers and police have had different yardsticks, and that's wrong.
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A generational yardstick is needed to fully address the positive impact of upward economic mobility across generations.
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Teachers use these descriptions as yardsticks to measure student work of differing quality.
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With winning as the yardstick of success, Kohn contends, competition undermines character instead of building it.
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Cepheids are the primary yardsticks for astronomical distances beyond the reach of parallax measurement.
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In parts of the US, test scores are now the yardstick used to judge schools.
Synonyms
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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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A rule or standard used to judge and choose something
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A standard used to compare other things
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A starting point for comparing later results
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A standard used to compare quality or performance
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Numbers used to measure performance or quality
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One clear sign that shows if something is acceptable
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A measure used to judge the performance or success of something
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The best and most trusted example that people use to judge other things
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A measure people use to judge how good or successful something is
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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 true something is
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An agreed unit used to measure and compare things
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A rule used to judge or choose something
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A system that gives numbers or levels to show how much of something there is
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A trusted way to measure progress or quality
Idioms
Compounds
How Authoritative
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- Specialized
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Etymology
Yardstick comes from the measuring tool made from yard and stick, and people began to use it as a 'measure' or 'standard' for judging other things. So calling something a yardstick means it is a way to compare or judge how good or big something is.