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standardize

[stan-der-dahyz]
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verb (used with object), stand·ard·ized, stand·ard·iz·ing.

to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
to compare with or test by a standard.
to choose or establish a standard for.

verb (used without object), stand·ard·ized, stand·ard·iz·ing.

to become standardized.

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RELATED WORDS

institutionalize, systematize, stereotype, assimilate, institute, regiment, order, normalize, homogenize

Nearby words

  1. standard volume,
  2. standard-bearer,
  3. standard-bred,
  4. standardbred,
  5. standardization,
  6. standaway,
  7. standby,
  8. standee,
  9. standfast,
  10. standfirst
Also especially British, stand·ard·ise.

Origin of standardize

First recorded in 1870–75; standard + -ize
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British Dictionary definitions for standardize

standardize

standardise

verb

to make or become standard
(tr) to test by or compare with a standard
Derived Formsstandardization or standardisation, nounstandardizer or standardiser, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for standardize

standardize

v.

1857; see standard + -ize. Related: Standardized; standardizing.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for standardize

standardize

[stăn′dər-dīz′]

v.

To cause to conform to a standard.
To evaluate by comparing with a standard.
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