Definitions

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  • verb To establish a standard consisting of regulations for how something is to be done across an organization.
  • verb To make to conform to a standard.
  • verb To check for conformance with a standard.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb evaluate by comparing with a standard
  • verb cause to conform to standard or norm

Etymologies

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standard +‎ -ise

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Examples

  • Since then the Government has announced that its Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) will provide oversight for organisations which certify halal meat to "standardise" halal certification.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • Many no-name MP3 players and other devices are using USB (mostly those that dont have a recharger and generally charge up over USB when plugged in) proprietary tech company can't force industry to "standardise" on it's proprietary tech? fetch me my tiny violin.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Maybe you could 'standardise' country names and other columns on loading; I've seen systems with 'USA',

    Rittman Mead Consulting 2008

  • MultiMi does standardise information in a way that makes scanning for updates more efficient, much as an RSS reader makes it easier to scan headlines in volume by making them uniform.

    Managing the Google+ load - can aggregation tool MultiMi help? 2011

  • But i continue to wish he would standardise on “monkinetic”. the name space is not just about personal id, and “vanity”, its very much a business concern.

    Facebook usernames and the battle over your digital identity | FactoryCity 2009

  • The report also warned that the use of “stitching” was “significant”, while “cuffing” had continued after the introduction of Home Office rules which were supposed to guarantee and standardise the way crimes are recorded.

    They Just Don’t Get It. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • The first attempts to standardise came at exactly the same time as the partition of the Dutch-speaking area between the Spanish and the independent Dutch spate; the standard language therefore started based on the dialect of Holland (ie the province of that name) but with substantial input from Brabant.

    December Books 14) The Year's Best Science Fiction, 22nd Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois papersky 2009

  • A Latin-based language is much simpler to standardise, and the Spanish Academy works with the academies in all Spanish-speaking countries (including the Philippines and the USA) to produce guidance that is valid worldwide.

    5 posts from September 2009 2009

  • A Latin-based language is much simpler to standardise, and the Spanish Academy works with the academies in all Spanish-speaking countries (including the Philippines and the USA) to produce guidance that is valid worldwide.

    Two letters 2009

  • A Latin-based language is much simpler to standardise, and the Spanish Academy works with the academies in all Spanish-speaking countries (including the Philippines and the USA) to produce guidance that is valid worldwide.

    Two letters 2009

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