Definition of Standardize

1. Verb. Cause to conform to standard or norm. "The weights and measures were standardized"


2. Verb. Evaluate by comparing with a standard.
Exact synonyms: Standardise
Generic synonyms: Appraise, Assess, Evaluate, Measure, Valuate, Value
Derivative terms: Standardisation, Standardization

Definition of Standardize

1. v. t. To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.

Definition of Standardize

1. Verb. (American spelling) (alternative spelling of standardise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Standardize

1. [v -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES]

Medical Definition of Standardize

1. To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Standardize

standardisable
standardisation
standardisations
standardise
standardised
standardised mortality ratio
standardiser
standardises
standardising
standardista
standardistas
standardizability
standardizable
standardization
standardizations
standardize (current term)
standardized
standardized variable
standardizer
standardizes
standardizing
standardless
standardlessness
standardly
standardness
standards
standards and guidelines
standards compliance
standards compliant
standards of identity

Literary usage of Standardize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"Labor legislation, like labor organization, aims to standardize conditions of employment. Legislation on the hours of labor for women and children the ..."

2. Woman's Share in Social Culture by Anna Garlin Spencer (1912)
"If these technical schools help to standardize the private home, and they surely do, it is mainly by and through the professional leadership they train and ..."

3. How to Measure in Education by William Anderson McCall (1922)
"... CONSTRUCT AND standardize TESTS CHAPTER VII. PREPARATION AND VALIDATION OF TEST MATERIAL CHAPTER VIII. ORGANIZATION OF TEST MATERIAL AND PREPARATION OF ..."

4. Journal of the Institute of Bankers by Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) (1910)
"... EFFORT TO standardize APPLICATION, ALLOTMENT AND CALL FORMS. By PF HEPBURN, of the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Co., Ltd., 75, Cornhill. ..."

5. Defense Irm: Poor Implementation of Management Controls Has Put Migration by Christina T. Chaplain (1997)
"It also believed that migration would help to standardize business processes and allow Del to achieve savings that could be put to better use in advancing ..."

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