NORM


Meaning of NORM in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ accepted , established

▪ ethical , moral

▪ cultural , social , societal

▪ community , gender , group , peer

VERB + NORM

▪ be , become

Small families are the ~ nowadays.

▪ conform to

Their appearance conforms to the group ~.

▪ break from , challenge

▪ be different from , deviate from , differ from , violate

PREPOSITION

▪ above the ~ , below the ~ , over the ~

They want to discourage pay settlements over the ~.

▪ ~ for

On-screen editing has become the ~ for all student work.

▪ ~ of

accepted ~s of international law

PHRASES

▪ a departure from the ~ , a deviation from the ~ , an exception to the ~

The new design is a departure from the ~.

▪ the ~ rather than the exception

In these areas poverty is the ~ rather than the exception.

▪ out of the ~ ( esp. AmE )

I saw nothing out of the ~.

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