Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

Received Standard

American  

noun

  1. the form of educated English spoken originally in southern England and having Received Pronunciation as a chief distinguishing feature.

Etymology

Origin of Received Standard

First recorded in 1910–15

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.