standardised

CEFRB2

/ˈstændərdaɪzd/

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German spelling was standardised for the first time in nineteen hundred and one.
The connection between dictionaries and standardised forms of language is undeniable, yet, at the same time, not well understood.

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Internationally, the shipping container had already proven its worth, and by the early 1960s battles were being fought over what their standardised dimensions would be (their expected proliferation was not in question).

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The connection between dictionaries and standardised forms of language is undeniable, yet, at the same time, not well understood.
2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 18
But the outstanding feature of the new timetable arrangement, additional to the standardised departure times, is the number of intermediate points, in addition to such principal cities as Bristol, Plymouth, Cardiff and Birmingham, that now have departures for Paddington at the same minutes past the hour throughout the day.
1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590
Internationally, the shipping container had already proven its worth, and by the early 1960s battles were being fought over what their standardised dimensions would be (their expected proliferation was not in question).
2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48

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