standardize
verb
stan·dard·ize
ˈstan-dər-ˌdīz 
standardized; standardizing; standardizes
1
: to bring into conformity with a standard especially in order to assure consistency and regularity
trying to standardize testing procedures
There ought to be a law standardizing the controls for hot and cold in hotel and motel showers.—
Andrew A. Rooney
Andrew A. RooneyThese rectangular steel boxes, first used about fifty years ago, revolutionized the transportation of freight by standardizing the size and shape of the container, enabling it to be moved seamlessly from boat and barge to rail or truck.—James McCommons
James McCommons2
: to compare with a standard : to determine the strength, value, or quality of (something) by comparison with a standard
standardize a solution
standardize a voltmeter
Examples of standardize in a Sentence
He standardized procedures for the industry.
the plan is to standardize the test for reading comprehension so that we can see how students across the state compare
Recent Examples on the Web
The federal government, as well as most tax software, has standardized on the Adobe PDF file format for income tax documents, and now Adobe is introducing generative AI features to help you with them.
—Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 15 Apr. 2024
Linnaeus is justly given credit for applying logic and order to science, standardizing the names, definitions and classifications of research.
—Deborah Blum, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Schneider Electric uses industrial software with artificial intelligence (AI), including the AVEVA System Platform, which delivers real-time analysis of trends and standardizes data management to help organizations optimize.
—Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Partners from Cornell University and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation developed these standards to make sure that their protocols were easy to follow, standardize, and could be repeated every year.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024
In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, standardizing the length of daylight saving time.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Among the fiercest critics of these higher education reform bills is the national American Association of University Professors (AAUP), an organization that was instrumental in standardizing tenure practices in the U.S. nearly a century ago.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) took over the development of the protocol to standardize it, leading to the creation of Transport Layer Security (TLS) which in it’s modern incarnation (TLS 1.3) powers HTTPS and the modern web experience.
—Alex Pruden, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The new rule, the full text of which has yet to be released to the public, will standardize companies’ annual disclosures about climate risk and require them in annual reports, said Gensler.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 15 Apr. 2024
Linnaeus is justly given credit for applying logic and order to science, standardizing the names, definitions and classifications of research.
—Deborah Blum, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Schneider Electric uses industrial software with artificial intelligence (AI), including the AVEVA System Platform, which delivers real-time analysis of trends and standardizes data management to help organizations optimize.
—Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Partners from Cornell University and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation developed these standards to make sure that their protocols were easy to follow, standardize, and could be repeated every year.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024
In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, standardizing the length of daylight saving time.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Among the fiercest critics of these higher education reform bills is the national American Association of University Professors (AAUP), an organization that was instrumental in standardizing tenure practices in the U.S. nearly a century ago.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) took over the development of the protocol to standardize it, leading to the creation of Transport Layer Security (TLS) which in it’s modern incarnation (TLS 1.3) powers HTTPS and the modern web experience.
—Alex Pruden, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The new rule, the full text of which has yet to be released to the public, will standardize companies’ annual disclosures about climate risk and require them in annual reports, said Gensler.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
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standardize
verb
stan·dard·ize
ˈstan-dərd-ˌīz
standardized; standardizing
: to compare with or make agree with a standard
Medical Definition
standardize
transitive verb
stan·dard·ize
variants
also British standardise
standardized also British standardised; standardizing also British standardising
1
: to reduce to or compare with a standard
standardize a solution
2
: to bring into conformity with a standard
3
: to arrange or order the component items of a test (as of intelligence or personality) so that the probability of their eliciting a designated class of response varies with some quantifiable psychological or behavioral attribute, function, or characteristic
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