benchmark
verb/ˈbentʃmɑːk/
/ˈbentʃmɑːrk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they benchmark | /ˈbentʃmɑːk/ /ˈbentʃmɑːrk/ |
| he / she / it benchmarks | /ˈbentʃmɑːks/ /ˈbentʃmɑːrks/ |
| past simple benchmarked | /ˈbentʃmɑːkt/ /ˈbentʃmɑːrkt/ |
| past participle benchmarked | /ˈbentʃmɑːkt/ /ˈbentʃmɑːrkt/ |
| -ing form benchmarking | /ˈbentʃmɑːkɪŋ/ /ˈbentʃmɑːrkɪŋ/ |
- benchmark something (against something) to judge the quality of something in relation to that of other similar things
- Projects are assessed and benchmarked against the targets.
- The journal was recently benchmarked against other IT journals.
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