benchmark

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ADJ.

absolute, good, hard, rhetorical

That company set a hard benchmark for product quality that competitors still struggle to meet.

VERB + BENCHMARK

cut, reserve

The government decided to cut the benchmark for emissions standards next year.

BENCHMARK + NOUN

certainty, ftse, it's, suite

The FTSE benchmark index fell sharply after the disappointing economic data was released.

PREP.

on, without

The company's new product was developed without any benchmark to compare it against.

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noun

1

A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.

Near-synonym: criterion

Is the pope Catholic? Forgive the posing of a question that is usually rhetorical, the absolute benchmark of certainty, and traditionally regarded as even more settled than the one pertaining to the lavatorial arrangements of bears.

2

A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.

Near-synonym: datum

3

A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

verb

1

To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.

2

To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.

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Near-synonym: criterion

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Is the pope Catholic? Forgive the posing of a question that is usually rhetorical, the absolute benchmark of certainty, and traditionally regarded as even more settled than the one pertaining to the l

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In a press release, CARB expanded on their decision. "The LCFS reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by setting a declining carbon intensity target for transportation fuels used in Califo

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The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark discount rate to an 18-year low.

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Without a good benchmark, it's hard to tell which software is faster.

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Its performance on the benchmark test suite shows that this is one of the fastest computer processors in existence.

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