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# standard

«standard» in Mova's school dictionary: **a level of quality, how good something is or should be:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a standard, standards); adjective (standard)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A standard is a level of quality, how good something is or should be: «a high standard». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#m1)

2) Standards are rules or ideas about what is right and acceptable behaviour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#m2)

3) Standard (adjective) means normal, usual, the ordinary kind: «a standard size». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#m3)

4) A standard is a measurement or unit that everyone agrees to use, like the metre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#m4)

5) A standard is a flag carried on a pole, often by soldiers long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In school, teachers keep «high standards» for work and behaviour; tests check whether pupils «meet the standard». In maths and science «standard units» (metres, kilograms, litres) let everyone measure the same way, instead of hands or feet. «Standard form» is a way of writing numbers. In everyday life «standard» means the usual model, not special. Phrases: «up to standard», «meet the standard», «standard size», «living standards», «double standard».

### examples

- Your handwriting is up to a high standard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#x1)
- The school expects good standards of behaviour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#x2)
- This is a standard size of paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#x3)
- We use standard units like metres to measure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#x4)
- His work was not up to standard, so he did it again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#x5)
- The car comes with standard seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#x6)
- The knight carried the king's standard into battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#x7)
- It's a double standard to tell us to be quiet when you shout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#x8)
- Unless he adopt a better standard of justice we will go on with our destruction." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/#x9)

### note

Countable: a standard, standards. Spelling: ends in -ard, not -art. In maths, «standard units» are agreed units (cm, kg, L), while «non-standard units» are things like paper clips or hand spans. «Standard» as an adjective has no -er/-est forms.

### In the corpora

- [Slang words follow the ordinary plural rules (arvo, arvos), but school writing uses the standard word (afternoons).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/6-spelling-plurals/27/)
- [An accent is the way words sound; any dialect, including Standard English, can be spoken in any accent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/7/)
- [SATs grammar questions in England ask for Standard English, so pupils need to know the standard forms as well as their home forms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/16/)
- [Dialect is fine in talk and in characters' speech; formal writing usually uses Standard English.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/14/)
- ["Working towards" on a UK report means not yet meeting the expected standard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «standard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.