- average or normal rather than having special or unusual features
- the standard rate of tax (= paid by everyone)
- It is standard practice to search visitors as they enter the building.
- DNA was extracted by a standard procedure.
- Touch screens are now a standard feature on most devices.
- A standard letter was sent to all candidates.
- The format of the show is fairly standard.
- as standard Front airbags come as standard on all models.
Extra Examples- The restaurant serves standard Mexican fare: tacos, burritos and enchiladas.
- What they do does not really fit the standard definition of research.
- The biopsies were collected using a standard technique.
- The standard model is a five-seater.
- Standard features in all apartments include double-glazed windows, fitted kitchen units, and a tiled bathroom.
- At that time, a radio version was a standard method of promoting a film.
- Calls will be charged at the standard rate.
- a fairly standard method of assessing employees
- This is a pretty standard horror movie setup.
- ‘No comment’ is his standard reply to most questions.
- I enclose a copy of our standard contract.
- Imprisonment became the standard method of punishment.
- Pizza dough is oilier than standard bread dough.
- The rifle was standard issue for the British army before the First World War.
- Plurals ending in 'a', like 'phenomena', are absolutely standard in English.
- We talked about it afterwards but there's nothing unusual about that, that's standard.
- Anti-lock brakes come as standard.
- All vehicles come with in-car GPS as standard.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- be fitted as
- come as
- …
- almost
- fairly
- pretty
- …
- following a particular standard set, for example, by an industry
- standard sizes of clothes
- Washing machines have standard measurements to fit under kitchen units.
- The stations were built to a simple, almost standard design.
- Our charges are standard throughout the country.
Extra Examples- The wheel was standard width (5.1 cm).
- Eight metres is a standard width of open space in shipbuilding.
- The standard height for dual carriageway bridges in Ireland set by the National Roads Authority is 5.3 metres.
- There is a standard fee for each bus journey regardless of length.
- The agency wants to establish standard protocols.
- He claimed that his airline's policy was standard across the industry.
- Corrections policies should be standard throughout all news departments.
- Having two investigators is standard in investigations of this type.
- For stairs, a 7- to 8- inch maximum rise is standard in most building codes.
- Where the spacing of the rafters is uneven or not standard, you will need to cut the insulation to fit.
- Their tactics were not standard, but differed from game to game.
- [only before noun] read by most people who are studying a particular subject
- the author of the standard textbook on the topic
- [usually before noun] (of spelling, pronunciation, grammar, etc.) believed to be correct and used by most people
- Standard English
average/normal
size/measurement
book/writer
language
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a flag raised on a pole as a rallying point, the authorized exemplar of a unit of measurement, or an upright timber): shortening of Old French estendart, from estendre ‘extend’; in sense (5), influenced by the verb stand.
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