STANDARDISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standardise mean? 

• STANDARDISE (verb)
  The verb STANDARDISE has 2 senses:

1. evaluate by comparing with a standard

2. cause to conform to standard or norm

  Familiarity information: STANDARDISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARDISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they standardise    ... he / she / it standardises   
Past simple: standardised   
Past participle: standardised   
-ing form: standardising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evaluate by comparing with a standard

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

standardise; standardize

Hypernyms (to "standardise" is one way to...):

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

standardisation (the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to conform to standard or norm

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

standardise; standardize

Context example:

The weights and measures were standardized

Hypernyms (to "standardise" is one way to...):

govern; order; regularise; regularize; regulate (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "standardise"):

gauge (adapt to a specified measurement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

standard (the ideal in terms of which something can be judged)

standard (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)

standard (the value behind the money in a monetary system)

standard (a board measure = 1980 board feet)

standardisation (the imposition of standards or regulations)

standardiser (a person who sets a standard for things to conform to)

 Context examples 

Researchers estimated prices of 657 standardised food products using the 2011 International Comparison Program survey that focused on 176 countries.

(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)