1. Make procedures, measurements or products conform to an agreed uniform standard.
2. Transform values using a specified reference location and spread so that their scale can be compared with others.
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Words that belong together
- standardize procedures
- standardize measurements
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The network standardized reporting periods before comparing performance across clinics.
A shared protocol standardized the measurements without dictating the researchers’ conclusions.
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Word forms
- Base
- standardize
- Past tense
- standardized
- Past participle
- standardized
- Present participle
- standardizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- standardize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are standardizing
- Present perfect
- have/has standardized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been standardizing
- Past
- standardized
- Past continuous
- was/were standardizing
- Past perfect
- had standardized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been standardizing
- Future
- will standardize
- Future continuous
- will be standardizing
- Future perfect
- will have standardized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been standardizing
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Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: standardize; standardizes; standardized; standardized; standardizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, qualification. Disciplines: general academic writing. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: standardizes.
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