Collocations for "standard"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "standard" in context.
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standard
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [legal, required, official] standard
- a [gold, silver, bronze] standard
- a [demanding, strict, common] standard
- a [high] standard of [work, service, quality, living]
- has a [high, low] standard (of)
- need [higher] standards
- your standards are too [high]
- the [player, contestant, previous winner] set the standards high
- sets a (very) high standard (for)
- this [work, effort, dish] isn't up to (the usual) standard
- [establish, determine, agree on] new standards
- my [father, grandfather] likes the old standards
- the official standard for [weight, volume, shipping]
- the [hospital's, company's] standard of care
- [today's, tomorrow's, the current] standard of living
- an [expensive, inexpensive] standard of living
- standards are (too) [high, low] for [teachers, pilots, athletes]
- dated: [unfurled, flying] the standard
- the standard-bearer
- standard [excuse, comeback, reply, response]
- standard [size, colors, products]
- bought the standard [version, edition]
- the standard [rate, price]
- standard shipping option
- the standard way [of doing, to do]
- standard access
- the standard deviation
- comes with all the standard [features, options]
- comes (as) standard (with every purchase)
- is fairly standard for [a, most]
'standard' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acceptable
- accounting
- battery
- bearer
- beat
- below
- benchmark
- blues
- central
- certification
- decent
- definition
- deviation
- differ
- dire
- double
- eastern
- enforceable
- envelope
- fare
- format
- gauge
- gold
- high
- industry
- input
- layout
- letter
- lighter
- limit
- living
- lower
- measure
- measurement
- member
- method
- model
- par
- photograph
- poor
- pop
- postage
- practice
- prevalent
- procedure
- quality
- raise
- rate
- reasonable
- rifle