Новый большой англо-русский словарь - yardstick
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yardstick
1. измерительная линейка; деревянный или металлический ярд 2. мерка, мерило, критерий a yardstick of comparison —- мерило сравнения to apply one's yardstick —- подходить со своими мерками to measure others by one's own yardstick —- мерить всех на свой аршин time is the only true yardstick of a book's merit —- достоинства книги проверяются только временем success is not to be measured by the yardstick of the dollar —- деньги не должны быть мерилом успеха
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1.
noun 1) = yard-measure 2) fig. мерка; мерило; критерий; to measure/judge others by ones own yardstick - мерить всех на свой аршин Syn: see standard ...Англо-русский словарь
2.
сущ. основной тариф (например, на электроэнергию, отпускаемую государственной корпорацией) YARDSTICK критерий – yardstick of invention ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
n. 1 a standard used for comparison. 2 a measuring rod a yard long, usu. divided into inches etc. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
noun Date: 1610 1. a. a graduated measuring stick three feet (0.9144 meter) long b. a standard basis of calculation a ~ for measuring astronomical distances 2. a standard for making a critical judgment ; criterion measured by the ~ of her first book was a great success by any ~ Synonyms: see standard ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
5.
(yardsticks) If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things. There has been no yardstick by which potential students can assess individual schools before signing up for a course. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ n 1 something that you compare another thing with, in order to judge how good or successful they are + of/agains (Is profit the only yardstick of success?) 2 a special stick for measuring things that is exactly one yard (2) long ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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