standard of living

US pronunciation

American soundstandard of living

standardofliving

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final ng sound

standard - of - living -> standard of living

Myanmar meaning

လူနေမှု အဆင့်အတန်း။

Full entry

standard /'stændǝd / n

၁။ (often pl ) အဆင့်အတန်း။ a school which sets high standards of behaviour ❍ We provide a first-class standard of service. ❍ maintain/raise/improve safety standards.
၂။ [C, U] အဆင့်။ အဆင့်အတန်း။ His work does not reach the required standard. ❍ I'm afraid your work is not up to standard. ❍ Local beaches fall short of/do not meet European standards of cleanliness.
၃။ [pl] စံချိန်။ စံ။ အဆင့်။ a lowering of moral standards ❍ People's standards are not what they used to be. See also DOUBLE STANDARDS
၄။ စံနှုန်း။ စံ။ industry standards ❍ an international standard of weight ❍ People were very poor then, by today's standards (ie compared with people today). See also GOLD STANDARD
၅။ အောင်လံ။ the royal standard.
adj
၁။ ပုံမှန်။ သာမန်။ မှန်တမ်း။ pay the standard rate of tax ❍ a standard-sized jar of coffee ❍ It is standard procedure in museums to register objects as they are acquired. ❍ Anti-lock brakes are standard/come as standard in all models.
၂။ စံပြု။ စံနှုန်း။ standard sizes of paper/units of weight.
၃။ စံပြု။ စံပြ။ This is the standard textbook on the subject. See also REVISED STANDARD VERSION
၄။ စံထားကြသော။ စံပြု။ standard English.
❏ standard-bearer n ရှေ့ဆောင်လမ်းပြ။
a standard-bearer for women's rights.
❏ standard lamp (US floor lamp ) n မတ်တတ် မီး စလောင်း။
❏ standard of living n ( pl standards of living ) လူနေမှုအဆင့်အတန်း။ They have/enjoy a high standard of living.
❏ standard time n [U] စံတော်ချိန်။

More examples

[standard of] : Higher standards of service in hospitals
[raise/improve/lower standards] : What can be done to raise standards in schools?
[meet/achieve/conform to/comply with standards] : They must supply water that complies with medical health standards.
[set (someone) a standard] : He sets himself high standards.
Laurence Olivier set the standard for (=was the best example of) acting in the 20th century.
[below/not up to standard] : The food was not up to standard.
[of a high/low standard] : She always produces work of a high standard.
The work must conform to industry standards.
[by any standard(s)] : The building was still magnificent by any standards.
[by someone’s/something’s standards] : Getting up at 8 o’clock was early by her standards.
The first computers were terribly slow by today’s standards.
Declining moral standards

Synonyms

normal, typical, average, usual, set, ordinary, regular, customary, stock, orthodox, prevailing, accepted, traditional, everyday, approved, archetype, authoritative, axiom, banderole, banner, bannerol, barometer, basic, beau ideal, belief, benchmark, boilerplate, canon, canonical, catalogued, cataloguing, classic, code, color, colors, common, conventionalize, conventionalized, criterion, definitive, degree, emblem, ensign, established, ethics, example, exemplar, figure, flag, fundamental, garden variety, gauge, general, grade, guide, guideline, ideal, ideals, insignia, jack, law, level, mean, measure, median, mirror, model, morals, norm, normalize, normalizing, official, par, paradigm, pattern, pennant, popular, principle, rank, recognized, regulation, requirement, rule, rule of thumb, run-of-the-mill, sample, specification, staple, stereotype, streamer, symbol, take to be, test, touchstone, type, typecast, typecasting, universal, vanilla, yardstick

Antonyms

aberration, abnormal, atypical, different, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, guess, irregular, rare, uncommon, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual