standardize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French estandartder.

English standard

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English standardize

From standard + -ize.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstæn.də.daɪz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈstæn.dɚˌdaɪz/, (/æ/ raising) [ˈstɛən.dɚˌdaɪz]

  • Audio (New Jersey):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈstæn.də.dɑez/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛn.də.daɪz/, [ˈstɛn.də.dɑe̯z]

Verb

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

1. US and Oxford British English standard spelling of standardise.

Derived terms

• destandardize
• prestandardize
• restandardize
• standardizability
• standardizable
• standardization
• standardizer

Translations

standardise — see standardise

Further reading

• “standardize”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Portuguese

Verb

standardize

1. inflection of standardizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative