a level of quality or attainment

their restaurant offers a high standard of service

the ambition to raise standards in schools is widely shared

something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations

the wages are low by today's standards

the system had become an industry standard

(especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity

a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope

a tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height

an upright water or gas pipe

used or accepted as normal or average

the standard rate of income tax

it is standard practice in museums to register objects as they are acquired

(of a tree or shrub) growing on an erect stem of full height

standard trees are useful for situations where immediate height is needed