absolute standard

collocation in English

meaningsofabsoluteandstandard

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absolute
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabsolute standard

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There were no losing groups byabsolutestandard.
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A given form is not optimal by someabsolutestandard, it is optimal in that no other form satisfies the constraints better.
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As a paradigm, the point is that we are not dealing with anabsolutestandardbut, rather, with a critical mass of inherited moral thought.
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There is noabsolutestandardto appeal to.
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The authors reported that, if the 48-hour test were considered theabsolutestandard, then the one-hour test gave a false negative rate of 36%.
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While not all were completed at anabsolutestandard, they are clearly present in his actions.
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It aims to ensure that retirees have an adequate replacement rate (retirement income relative to earnings before retirement), not just a poverty-preventing,absolutestandardof living.
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The marks have been the guarantee of authenticity, anabsolutestandardof purity for the buyer.
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Increasingly, life is judged not by anabsolutestandard—adequacy of food, warmth or clothing—but by the comparative standard.
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There is noabsolutestandardat present by which poverty can be measured.
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There is noabsolutestandardthat states that trusts must have a maximum of four beds in a ward bay.
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Like the committee, we want a system based on an average rather than anabsolutestandard.
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Anabsolutestandardis created by the legislature.
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Falling relative incomes cause problems regardless of whether they reach anabsolutestandard.
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There is anabsolutestandardand a relative standard, the latter bearing relation to the strength of other navies.
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But the blue flag is not anabsolutestandard.
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We might always get closer and closer, but we could never reach anabsolutestandardof proof because of the nature of the allegations.
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What really matters is theabsolutestandard—which so urgently needs improvement—of the lower earners and the lower benefit people in our community.
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I see great difficulty in finding anyabsolutestandardof what is suitable and what is not, and what is possible and what is not.
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As the last speaker has very truly said, all measures of value are relative, and we cannot find anyabsolutestandard.
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