How do you use the word "standard" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "standard": You have to learn standard English. Your work comes short of the expected standard.

Standard Meaning

/ˈstændəd/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjFalling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.

adjGrowing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.

Sentence Examples

You have to learn standard English.

Your work comes short of the expected standard.

The school aims to maintain a high standard of education for all.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

common stock regular

Antonyms:

uncommon nonstandard

CEFR Practice Quiz

The teacher set a high ____ for all students to meet in the final exam.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The new safety ____ must be followed exactly by all employees to prevent accidents in the factory.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent to stand + -ard. An alternative etymology derives the second element from Frankish *oʀd (“point, spot, place”) (compare Old French ordé (“pointed”), Old English ord (“point, source, vanguard”), German Standort (“location, place, site, position, base”, literally “standing-point”)). Merged with Middle English standar, stander, standere (“flag, banner”, literally “stander”), equivalent to stand + -er. More at stand, hard, ord. As a hill-naming term possibly a calque from Cumbric; equivalent to Welsh lluman (“standard”), arising with confusion with the hill-naming element llumon (“chimney”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"There are women who cannot grow alone as standard trees;—for whom the support and warmth of some wall, some paling, some post, is absolutely necessary […]." — 1863, Anthony Trollope, Rachel Ray:

"Although marketed by Daimler as standard equipment, Triton requested that Daimler deliver the 2022 truck-tractor without collision avoidance technology. As a result, Triton received a cost discount on its truck order, which included this truck. Triton told the NTSB that the owner and several of the drivers had field-tested an earlier version of the equipment, and they did not like its performance." — 2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05:

"A study funded by the FMCSA found that although several heavy-vehicle manufacturers have voluntarily made AEB “standard” on many new truck models, they also offer “deletion credits” to customers who choose to remove AEB, which provides customers financial incentive to forego the technology and which ultimately reduces voluntary adoption rates" — 2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05:

"The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

"the court, which used to be the standard of propriety and correctness of speech" — 1712, Jonathan Swift, A Proposal For Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue:

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