ˈstandə(r)ˌdīz, -aan- verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: standard (I) + -ize
transitive verb
1. : to reduce to or compare with a standard : determine the strength, value, or quality of by comparison with a standard
standardize a solution
standardize a voltmeter
2. : to bring into conformity with a standard : make uniform
standardized education
standardized concert repertory
3. : to arrange or order the component items of a test (as of intelligence, achievement, or personality) so that the probability of their eliciting a designated class of response varies with some quantifiable psychological or behavioral attribute, function, or characteristic
intransitive verb
: to adopt a specified product or method as the only one to be produced or utilized
believed the Russians had standardized on an A-bomb of considerably greater power — H.W.Baldwin