standard
noun
[ ˈstandəd ]
• a level of quality or attainment.
• "their restaurant offers a high standard of service"
• something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations.
• "the wages are low by today's standards"
• (especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity.
• a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope.
Similar:
flag,
banner,
pennant,
pennon,
streamer,
ensign,
colour (s),
banderole,
pendant,
burgee,
vexillum,
gonfalon,
guidon,
labarum,
• a tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height.
• an upright water or gas pipe.
standard
adjective
• used or accepted as normal or average.
• "the standard rate of income tax"
Similar:
normal,
usual,
typical,
stock,
common,
ordinary,
customary,
conventional,
habitual,
accustomed,
expected,
wonted,
everyday,
regular,
routine,
day-to-day,
daily,
established,
settled,
set,
fixed,
traditional,
quotidian,
prevailing,
• (of a tree or shrub) growing on an erect stem of full height.
• "standard trees are useful for situations where immediate height is needed"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a flag raised on a pole as a rallying point, the authorized exemplar of a unit of measurement, or an upright timber): shortening of Old French estendart, from estendre ‘extend’; in standard (sense 4 of the noun, sense 5 of the noun, sense 6 of the noun), influenced by the verb stand.
