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