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STANDARDIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to conform to standard or norm

Example:

The weights and measures were standardized

Synonyms:

standardise; standardize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "standardize" is one way to...):

govern; order; regularise; regularize; regulate (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "standardize"):

gauge (adapt to a specified measurement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

standard (the ideal in terms of which something can be judged)

standard (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)

standard (the value behind the money in a monetary system)

standard (a board measure = 1980 board feet)

standardization (the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument)

standardizer (a person who sets a standard for things to conform to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Evaluate by comparing with a standard

Synonyms:

standardise; standardize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "standardize" is one way to...):

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

standardization (the imposition of standards or regulations)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A standardized rating scale developed by Posner et al (version 1/14/09), which is used to determine the presence of suicidal ideation or behavior.

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline/Screening Version Phase 1 Study 1/14/09 Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A flat dish with multiple individual wells that are arrayed in a standardized number, size, and arrangement.

(Microplate, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized enzyme concentrate containing the pancreatic enzymes, lipase, protease and amylase used in enzyme substitution therapy.

(Pancrelipase, NCI Thesaurus)

A group that aims to standardize the representation of microarray expression data that facilitates microarray information exchange between different data systems.

(MicroArray and Gene Expression, NCI Thesaurus)

The biorepository has stringent guidelines regarding the standardized collection, handling, storage, and documentation of biological specimens.

(Biorepository, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by Wesson and Ling in 2003 to evaluate the severity of an individual's opiate withdrawal symptoms.

(Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized survey developed by W. Guy in 1976 which is used to evaluate the efficacy of a therapeutic intervention.

(Clinical Global Impression Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale originally developed by Margaret G. Woerner, Salvatore Mannuzza and John M. Kane in 1988 which is used to evaluate the severity of an individual's psychiatric symptoms.

(Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale A Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by Lon S. Schneider in 1997 to evaluate a clinically relevant change in an individual's Alzheimer's Disease symptoms.

(Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Clinical Global Impression of Change Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized series of measurements that assesses the cognitive, motor, and behavioral development in infants and babies from one to twenty-four months of age.

(Bayley Scale of Infant Development, NCI Thesaurus)