STANDARDIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standardize mean? 

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

1. cause to conform to standard or norm

2. evaluate by comparing with a standard

  Familiarity information: STANDARDIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARDIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they standardize    ... he / she / it standardizes   
Past simple: standardized   
Past participle: standardized   
-ing form: standardizing   

Sense 1

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 "standardize" 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 "standardize"):

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)

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Evaluate by comparing with a standard

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

standardise; standardize

Hypernyms (to "standardize" 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:

standardization (the imposition of standards or regulations)

 Context examples 

Terminology relevant to the standardized results, in character format, for laboratory tests.

(CDISC SDTM Laboratory Test Standard Character Result Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An indicator that can be set or unset in order to signal whether the observation is in the units or values as collected, or it has been converted into standardized units or values.

(Original Unit or Value of Reported Test Result Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized survey developed and published by Kurt Kroenke, Robert Spitzer and Janet Williams in 2002 in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine which is used to assess the severity of an individual's somatic symptoms.

(Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 Item, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE(S): There is an association between the observation that has the original data (and the original units) and the observation in which the data elements have been converted into standardized units.

(Performed Clinical Result, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Behavioral problems were assessed at age 6 using standardized questionnaires.

(Lead in kids’ blood linked with behavioral and emotional problems, NIH)

A system to standardize and streamline data reporting and reduce administration needs.

(Clinical Data Update System, NCI Thesaurus)

Standardized naming systems are available that define the groups within which a subject should be placed.

(CDISC SDTM Diagnosis Group Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) Atlas is a quality assurance guide to standardize breast-imaging reporting and to facilitate outcome monitoring.

(Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by John C. Morris in 1997 to evaluate the severity of an individual's cognitive impairment.

(Clinical Dementia Rating Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

We looked at the inflammatory reactions of 20 volunteers at 0, 3 and 6 hours after eating a standardized meal containing 38 percent fat and their responses were completely unique.

(Humans More Unique than Expected When It Comes to Digesting Fatty Meals, U.S. Department of Agriculture)