Used in a Sentence

standards

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for standards.

Editorial note

If you're two standards above the mean, then you should be having no trouble.

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Quick take

Principles of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and honor.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of standards gathered in one view.

noun

Principles of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and honor.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for standards.

noun

Principles of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and honor.

Example sentences

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If you're two standards above the mean, then you should be having no trouble.

2

We're looking for folks that love all of the above and will help us keep our standards high.

3

First, if you open both standards side by side it is quite clear that typesetting and margins are quite different.

4

Basically requiring implementations to work to a proto-spec kind of defeats the purpose of having standards.

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On the proposal of a network that utilized primarily open standards, they were very put off.

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Next-gen sequencing was a huge breakthrough and happened very fast by life science standards.

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He's definitely a moderate/liberal by US standards, but you have to understand that this puts you to the moderate right in SF.

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China is far below our current environmental standards, so raising the standard isn't something 'environmental', it's more like self preserving pragmatism in the short run.

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Our enterprise security team builds scalable security systems for the enterprise, monitors and assess risk, and builds security standards to drive a robust security culture.

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We've only had two modes of standards development in recent history.

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This is why high tech companies are complaining about shortage; sometimes you just need better staff than what's generally on the market to maintain standards.

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It may be more accurate to say that The Valley has different standards for software development on web & mobile than employers in other regions and in different categories.

Quote examples

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For many years now, the rallying cry of the web has been "industry standards".

2

Is there an implementation method for the decentralized web that doesn't require individuals to become web administrators (with concerns about security, SEO and "proper standards-compliant page architecture", storage and bandwidth costs, etc.)?

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From my observation, when standards are actually under development and look like they will have first class support in the browser, proliferation of stopgap solutions is much lower because people would rather wait for "standard" support of whatever feature they're trying to implement.

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Marchionne, who took over the bailed-out Chrysler in 2009 to form Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, warned that if all he could sell were electric vehicles, he would be right back looking for another governĀ­ment rescue." In order to meet the fuel economy standards, car companies have been building cars that nobody actually buys to bring up their averages.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use standards in a sentence?

If you're two standards above the mean, then you should be having no trouble.

What does standards mean?

Principles of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and honor.

What part of speech is standards?

standards is commonly used as noun.