standardize

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UK/ˈstæn.də.daɪz/Canada, US/ˈstæn.dɚˌdaɪz/Canada, US[ˈstɛən.dɚˌdaɪz]Australia/ˈstæn.də.dɑez/

verb

American and Oxford British standard spelling of standardise.

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standardise
OriginEnglish standard ← Middle English standard ← Old French estandart →
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Meanings

verbstandardize (third-person singular simple present standardizes, present participle standardizing, simple past and past participle standardized)

present singular third person standardizes · participle present standardizing · participle past standardized · past standardized

  1. American and Oxford British standard spelling of standardise.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcause to conform to standard or norm

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standardise
Broader
regulateregularizeregularise

verbevaluate by comparing with a standard

Similar
standardise
Broader
measureevaluatevaluate
Also see
organizestandardise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*standaną
  3. Frankish*standan
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  5. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  6. Frankish*hard(ī)
  7. Frankish*standahardbor.?
  8. Old Frenchestendre?
  9. Old Frenchestandart
  10. Middle Englishstandard
  11. Englishstandard
  12. Englishstandardize

From standard + -ize.

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Cite this entry
APA

standardize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standardize

MLA

“standardize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standardize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “standardize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standardize.

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