HOW TO PRONOUNCE
standardize
/ˈstæn.dɚˌdaɪz/
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What does standardize mean?
verb
- American and Oxford British standard spelling of standardise.
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/ˈstæn.dɚˌdaɪz/
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Huge fortune awaits the first manufacturer who will standardize it, cheapen it, and specialize on it.
The young collegian then set about to standardize the necessary movements and the most economical speed for each movement required in the work of his group.
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V. measure, mete; determine, assay; evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on; appreciate; standardize.
“They say the machine is really something out of the ordinary,” said another, “and that, for once, the Designer has been allowed full play; that he hasn't been forced to unduly standardize ribs, spars, struts, etc., and has more or less had his own way. I wonder who he is. It seems strange we hear so little of him.”