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Definition of benchmark verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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.
See benchmark in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee benchmark in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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