different between standards vs statute

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?stænd?dz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?stænd?dz/
• Hyphenation: stan?dards

Noun

standards

1. plural of standard
2. Principles of conduct shaped by traditional morality, decency, and honor.

Adjective

standards

1. Pertaining to standards, concerned with standards, specific to standards.

   There is some sign of disparate standards bodies becoming more closely aligned.

Usage notes

A body or organization that dictates standards does not exist to confer details about a single standard. Standard as an adjective generally refers to a specific version of a standard issued by a standards institution; that standard version itself will actually be a list of many individual standards. For example, ANSI Standard MUMPS refers to the 1995 MUMPS programming language specification issued by the American National Standards Institute, a standards organization. 1995 MUMPS standard specifies many standards that a programming language must adhere to, to be legitimately recognised as "standard MUMPS."

References

• standards at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• "standards" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 296.

Anagrams

• sand darts

Danish

Noun

standards c

1. indefinite genitive singular of standard

French

Adjective

standards

1. masculine plural of standard

Swedish

Noun

standards

1. indefinite genitive singular of standard

English

Etymology

From Middle English statut, from Old French statut, from Late Latin statutum (“a statute”), neuter singular of Latin statutus, past participle of statu? (“I set up, establish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stæt?u?t/

Noun

statute (countable and uncountable, plural statutes)

1. Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
2. (law, common law) Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.

Derived terms

• statutory
• statutorily
• statutory rape

Translations

Further reading

• statute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• statute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• tautest

Latin

Participle

stat?te

1. vocative masculine singular of stat?tus

References

• statute in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers