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stan·dards
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standardsadverb
(plural form only): Pertaining to standards, concerned with standards, specific to standards.
There is some sign of disparate standards bodies becoming more closely aligned.
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Standards
Standards is the fourth album by the American post-rock band Tortoise.
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standardsnoun
Plural noun of the word standard.
The company has specific standards that all their products have to meet.
Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2016
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Rank popularity for the word 'standards' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1029
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Rank popularity for the word 'standards' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1828
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of standards in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of standards in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of standards in a Sentence
We took user privacy very, very seriously, we were held up to the highest of standards, in terms of privacy and encryption and data safety. And I believe we met all of those standards.
Without relationships, no matter how much wealth, fame, power, prestige and seeming success by the standards and opinions of the world one has, happiness will constantly eluded him.
However, they are likely to insist on better governance for the fund in terms of transparency of decision making, and are likely to insist on governance standards for the investee companies.
Website ratings are based on personal opinion and individual guest experience, whereas AA inspections are carried out using a set of quality standards by a highly experienced inspector.
I truly believe, senator, that as I said in my opening statement, if you're fit and you're qualified to serve and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve.
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