standardize

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stan·dard·ize | \ ˈstan-dər-ˌdīz

standardized; standardizing; standardizes

Definition of standardize

transitive verb

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 These 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

2 : 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

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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 state Supreme Court, which has the power to require county courts to standardize and report data, has not done so. — Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, "Judges Are Locking Up Children for Noncriminal Offenses Like Repeatedly Disobeying Their Parents and Skipping School," 22 Dec. 2020 Another factor exacerbating the increasing commonness of Chinese names is the government's efforts to standardize and regulate the language. — Jessie Yeung, CNN, "Why 1.2 billion people share the same 100 surnames in China," 16 Jan. 2021 European leaders are pushing for vaccine passports, like those trialed in the United Kingdom, to standardize a system across the continent. — Michael Lee, Washington Examiner, "European leaders push for vaccination passports to facilitate travel between countries," 14 Jan. 2021 The act hopes to standardize medication and safety rules in horse racing nationwide. — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, "Congress passes act to standardize safety rules within horse racing," 21 Dec. 2020 Vogler wrote a thesis at the University of California at Berkeley on the tension between efforts to standardize post office architecture and honoring local architectural traditions. — Washington Post, "Long before post offices became political flash points, this artist was photographing them," 19 Oct. 2020 The South Carolina State Flag Study Committee was created in 2018 to standardize the state flag -- and met just five times before proposing the new one, influenced by state history. — Scottie Andrew, CNN, "A redesigned South Carolina flag was scrapped after residents made fun of its palmetto tree," 31 Dec. 2020 The past 400 years have only seen a handful of cohesive efforts to standardize the modern calendar or iron out its kinks. — Richard Conn Henry, National Review, "As We Usher in 2021, It’s Time to Adopt a Permanent Calendar," 31 Dec. 2020 Federal standards for a variety of foods were put into place decades ago to standardize product quality, which spell out how specific labels are made and what ingredients are permitted, according to the FDA. — Wilson Wong, NBC News, "The FDA wants to get rid of its rules governing the identity of French dressing," 18 Dec. 2020

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standardize

verb

English Language Learners Definition of standardize

: to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about what is proper and acceptable

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standardize

verb

stan·dard·ize | \ ˈstan-dər-ˌdīz

standardized; standardizing

Kids Definition of standardize

: to make alike or matching a model

standardize

transitive verb

stan·dard·ize

variants: also British standardise \ ˈstan-dərd-ˌīz

standardized also British standardised; standardizing also British standardising

Medical Definition of standardize

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