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benchmark
A benchmark is defined as a standard by which all others are measured.
(noun)An example of a benchmark is a novel that is the first of its genre.
The definition of a benchmark is to measure something against a standard.
(verb)An example of benchmark is to compare a recipe to the original chef's way of doing it.
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See benchmark in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A standard by which something can be measured or judged: “Inflation . . . is a great distorter of seemingly fixed economic ideas and benchmarks” (Benjamin M. Friedman). See Synonyms at standard.
- often bench mark A surveyor's mark made on a stationary object of previously determined position and elevation and used as a reference point in tidal observations and surveys.
To measure (a rival's product) according to specified standards in order to compare it with and improve one's own product.
Origin:
Origin: From the use of the mark as a place to insert an angle iron that serves as a support for a leveling rod
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