Standard Lemma guide

standardise

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • [ˈstændə(ɹ)daɪz]
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1

verb

Meaning 1

To establish a standard consisting of regulations for how something is to be done across an organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make to conform to a standard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To check for conformance with a standard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

cause to conform to standard or norm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The weights and measures were standardized

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: standardize

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern

Narrower terms: gauge

5

verb

Meaning 5

evaluate by comparing with a standard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: standardize

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Frankish *standan Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Frankish *hard(ī) Frankish *standahardbor.? Old French estendre? Old French estandartbor. Middle English standard English standard English -ise English standardise From standard + -ise.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: estandarizar — to establish a standard
  • Catalan: estandarditzar — to establish a standard
  • Chinese Cantonese: 標準化 /标准化 (biu1 zeon2 faa3) — to establish a standard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 標準化 /标准化 (biāozhǔnhuà) — to establish a standard
  • Czech: standardizovat — to establish a standard
  • Finnish: standardisoida — to establish a standard
  • French: standardiser — to establish a standard
  • French: normaliser — to establish a standard
  • Galician: estandarizar — to establish a standard
  • Georgian: სტანდარტიზება (sṭandarṭizeba) — to establish a standard
  • Georgian: სტანდარტიზირება (sṭandarṭizireba) — to establish a standard
  • German: standardisieren — to establish a standard
  • Greek: τυποποιώ (typopoió) — to establish a standard
  • Hindi: मानकीकरण करना (mānkīkraṇ karnā) — to establish a standard
  • Italian: standardizzare — to establish a standard
  • Japanese: 標準化する (hyōjunka suru) — to establish a standard
  • Kazakh: стандарттау (standarttau) — to establish a standard
  • Marathi: मानकन करणे (mānkan karṇe) — to establish a standard
  • Marathi: प्रमाणन करणे (pramāṇan karṇe) — to establish a standard
  • Marathi: मानकीकरण करणे (mānkīkraṇ karṇe) — to establish a standard
  • Marathi: प्रमाणीकरण करणे (pramāṇīkraṇ karṇe) — to establish a standard
  • Portuguese: estandardizar — to establish a standard
  • Portuguese: standardizar — to establish a standard
  • Portuguese: padronizar — to establish a standard
  • Romanian: standardiza — to establish a standard
  • Russian: стандартизи́ровать (standartizírovatʹ) — to establish a standard
  • Slovene: standardizírati — to establish a standard
  • Spanish: estandarizar — to establish a standard
  • Spanish: masificar — to establish a standard
  • Spanish: estandardizar — to establish a standard
  • Spanish: homologar — to establish a standard
  • Swedish: standardisera — to establish a standard
  • Tagalog: isapamantayan — to establish a standard
  • Ukrainian: стандартизува́ти (standartyzuváty) — to establish a standard
  • Vietnamese: tiêu chuẩn hóa — to establish a standard
  • Welsh: safoni — to establish a standard
  • Asturian: estandarizar — to make to conform to a standard
  • Bulgarian: стандартизирам (standartiziram) — to make to conform to a standard
  • Catalan: estandarditzar — to make to conform to a standard
  • Chinese Cantonese: 規範化 /规范化 (kwai1 faan6 faa3) — to make to conform to a standard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 規範化 /规范化 (guīfànhuà) — to make to conform to a standard
  • Esperanto: alkonformigi — to make to conform to a standard
  • German: standardisieren — to make to conform to a standard
  • Hindi: मानकीकरण करना (mānkīkraṇ karnā) — to make to conform to a standard
  • Italian: standardizzare — to make to conform to a standard
  • Polish: ustandaryzować — to make to conform to a standard
  • Portuguese: estandardizar — to make to conform to a standard
  • Portuguese: standardizar — to make to conform to a standard
  • Portuguese: padronizar — to make to conform to a standard
  • Romanian: standardiza — to make to conform to a standard
  • Slovene: standardizírati — to make to conform to a standard
  • Tagalog: isapamantayan — to make to conform to a standard
  • Vietnamese: tiêu chuẩn hóa — to make to conform to a standard
  • Vietnamese: thống nhất — to make to conform to a standard
  • Vietnamese: thống nhất hóa — to make to conform to a standard
  • Welsh: safoni — to make to conform to a standard