verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   US and Oxford British English standard spelling of standardise.
2. 2
   cause to conform to standard or norm wordnet
3. 3
   evaluate by comparing with a standard wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adjustarrangearrayassimilateassimilate tobalance

Example

More examples

"It's difficult to standardize language for a multi-ethnic nation."

Etymology

From standard + -ize.

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