Typical vs. Standard

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  • Typical (adjective)

    Capturing the overall sense of a thing.

  • Typical (adjective)

    Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.

  • Typical (adjective)

    Normal, average; to be expected.

  • Typical (noun)

    Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.

    “Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.”

    “Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.”

  • Standard (adjective)

    Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.

  • Standard (adjective)

    Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.

  • Standard (adjective)

    Having recognized excellence or authority.

    “standard works in history; standard authors”

  • Standard (adjective)

    Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.

  • Standard (adjective)

    Having a manual transmission.

  • Standard (adjective)

    As normally supplied (not optional).

  • Standard (adjective)

    Conforming to the standard variety.

  • Standard (noun)

    A principle or example or measure used for comparison.

  • Standard (noun)

    A level of quality or attainment.

  • Standard (noun)

    Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.

  • Standard (noun)

    A musical work of established popularity.

  • Standard (noun)

    A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.

  • Standard (noun)

    The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.

  • Standard (noun)

    A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.

  • Standard (noun)

    A vertical pole with something at its apex.

  • Standard (noun)

    Grade level in primary education.

    “I am in fifth standard.”

  • Standard (noun)

    An object lamp standard.

  • Standard (noun)

    The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.

  • Standard (noun)

    One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.

  • Standard (noun)

    Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.

  • Standard (noun)

    A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.

  • Standard (noun)

    A manual transmission vehicle.

  • Standard (noun)

    The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

  • Standard (noun)

    An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.

  • Standard (noun)

    A large drinking cup.

  • Standard (noun)

    standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language

  • Standard (interjection)

    An expression of agreement

Wiktionary
  • Standard (noun)

    a level of quality or attainment

    “the government’s ambition to raise standards in schools”

    “their restaurant offers a high standard of service”

  • Standard (noun)

    a required or agreed level of quality or attainment

    “half of the beaches fail to comply with European standards”

    “their tap water was not up to standard”

  • Standard (noun)

    (in elementary schools) a grade of proficiency tested by examination or the form or class preparing pupils for such a grade

    “she was still in boarding school and had twice repeated the same standard”

  • Standard (noun)

    something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations

    “the wages are low by today’s standards”

    “the system had become an industry standard”

  • Standard (noun)

    principles of conduct informed by notions of honour and decency

    “a decline in moral standards”

  • Standard (noun)

    a form of language that is widely accepted as the usual form

    “the idea of the standard is projected backwards on to states of language”

  • Standard (noun)

    the prescribed weight of fine metal in gold or silver coins

    “the sterling standard for silver”

  • Standard (noun)

    a system by which the value of a currency is defined in terms of gold or silver or both.

  • Standard (noun)

    a measure for timber, equivalent to 165 cu. ft (4.67 cubic metres).

  • Standard (noun)

    (especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity.

  • Standard (noun)

    a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope.

  • Standard (noun)

    used in names of newspapers

    “a report in the Evening Standard”

  • Standard (noun)

    a tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height.

  • Standard (noun)

    a shrub grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form

    “a standard rose”

  • Standard (noun)

    the large, frequently erect uppermost petal of a papilionaceous flower.

  • Standard (noun)

    one of the inner petals of an iris flower, frequently erect.

  • Standard (noun)

    an upright water or gas pipe.

  • Standard (adjective)

    used or accepted as normal or average

    “it is standard practice in museums to register objects as they are acquired”

    “the standard rate of income tax”

  • Standard (adjective)

    (of a size, measure, design, etc.) regularly used or produced; not special or exceptional

    “all these doors come in a range of standard sizes”

  • Standard (adjective)

    (of a work, repertoire, or writer) viewed as authoritative or of permanent value and so widely read or performed

    “his essays on the interpretation of reality became a standard text”

  • Standard (adjective)

    denoting or relating to the form of a language widely accepted as the usual correct form

    “speakers of standard English”

  • Standard (adjective)

    (of a tree or shrub) growing on an erect stem of full height

    “standard trees are useful for situations where immediate height is needed”

  • Standard (adjective)

    (of a shrub) grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form

    “standard roses”

Oxford Dictionary

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