Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

standardization

/ˌstæn.dɚˌdɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: stan-dard-iza-tion
IPA: /ˌstæn.dɚˌdɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act, process, or result of complying with a standard.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act, process, or result of establishing a standard.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *standaną Frankish *standan Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Frankish *hard(ī) Frankish *standahardbor.? Old French estendre? Old French estandartbor. Middle English standard English standard Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English standardize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English standardization From standardize + -ation.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌstæn.dɚˌdɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
British English: /ˌstæn.də.daɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

standardizations (plural) standardisation (alternative) standarization (alternative) standarisation (alternative)

Phrases

age standardization age standardisation

Frequently Paired Words

normalization unification uniformity

Synonyms

calibration standardisation normalization normalisation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce standardization?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌstæn.dɚˌdɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/.
What does standardization mean?: The act, process, or result of complying with a standard.
Where does standardization come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *standaną Frankish *standan Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Frankish *hard(ī) Frankish *standahardbor.? Old French estendre? Old French estandartbor. Middle English standard English standard Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English standardize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English standardization From standardize + -ation.

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