- (often the norm)[singular] a situation or a pattern of behaviour that is usual or expected synonym rule (4)
- The new design is a departure from the norm.
- Older parents seem to be the norm rather than the exception nowadays.
Extra Examples- In the inner-city areas, poverty is the norm rather than the exception.
- On-screen editing has become the norm for all student work.
- Small families are the norm nowadays.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accepted
- established
- ethical
- …
- be
- become
- conform to
- …
- above the norm
- below the norm
- over the norm
- …
- a departure from the norm
- a deviation from the norm
- an exception to the norm
- …
- norms[plural] standards of behaviour that are typical of or accepted within a particular group or society
- social/cultural norms
- She considered people to be products of the values and norms of the society they lived in.
- accepted norms of behaviour
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accepted
- established
- ethical
- …
- be
- become
- conform to
- …
- above the norm
- below the norm
- over the norm
- …
- a departure from the norm
- a deviation from the norm
- an exception to the norm
- …
- [countable] a required or agreed standard, amount, etc.
- detailed education norms for children of particular ages
- The government claims that background radioactivity is well below international norms.
Extra Examples- There is a comparison of each child with the age norms.
- The revised norms are based on test scores of 2 050 children aged between five and ten.
- Public examination systems set up a norm, on which each student is judged.
- They want to discourage pay settlements over the norm.
- accepted norms of international law
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin norma ‘precept, rule, carpenter's square’.
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