standards
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstændəds/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈstændɚds/
Audio (US) (file)
- Hyphenation: stan‧dards
Noun
standards
- plural of standard
- Principles of conduct shaped by traditional morality, decency, and honor.
Adjective
standards
- Pertaining to standards, concerned with standards, specific to standards.
- There is some sign of disparate standards bodies becoming more closely aligned.
Usage notes
A body or organization that dictates standards does not exist to confer details about a single standard. Standard as an adjective generally refers to a specific version of a standard issued by a standards institution; that standard version itself will actually be a list of many individual standards. For example, ANSI Standard MUMPS refers to the 1995 MUMPS programming language specification issued by the American National Standards Institute, a standards organization. 1995 MUMPS standard specifies many standards that a programming language must adhere to, to be legitimately recognised as "standard MUMPS."
References
- standards at OneLook Dictionary Search
Further reading
- "standards" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 296.
Anagrams
- sand darts
Danish
Noun
standards c
- indefinite genitive singular of standard
French
Adjective
standards
- masculine plural of standard
Swedish
Noun
standards
- indefinite genitive singular of standard