Yardstick

Definition

yardstick /'jɑ:dstÇk/ n ~ (of sth) [ဥ] ေပတံ။ စံ။ Durability is one yardstick of quality. ❍ We need a yardstick to measure our performance by.

Examples

1. ‘After tamping a few square feet
2. use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the tamped depth.’
3. ‘You'll need a yardstick
4. masking tape
5. and a partner for this test.’
6. ‘Hold for one second
7. record your measurement on the yardstick
8. sit back up and repeat twice more.’
9. ‘Measure the size of the glass with a yardstick or folding rule.’
10. ‘Tape measures may stretch
11. yardsticks may chip and rotary cutting mats may warp.’
12. ‘Then use that as the yardstick to measure the entire piece and make the tough cuts that may need to be made.’
13. ‘It won't happen in a Sauber
14. of course
15. but at least the team have a perfect yardstick with which to measure their car.’
16. ‘Walking the grass with a yardstick
17. she said
18. he measured for infractions.’
19. ‘Use a yardstick or steel tape measure
20. never a cloth tape measure.’
21. ‘Next
22. using the yardstick as a guide
23. pencil as many straight lines as you need for your quote.’
24. ‘She grew up in bohemian SoHo
25. the eldest of three children
26. and regularly cites her mother's little sayings as yardsticks by which she measures her unusual life.’
27. ‘Wilson and Jungner's criteria are a yardstick against which a screening programme can be judged.’
28. ‘It should be able to establish yardsticks by which to measure the quality and accountability of public services as well as a monitoring mechanism.’
29. ‘Diversity is still measured by the yardstick developed by Russian scientist N I Vavilov half a century ago.’
30. ‘Progress towards democracy and towards freedom of press are the standard Western yardsticks to judge how China is developing politically.’
31. ‘Return on all assets or on all capital investment is not the only yardstick available in measuring the performance of a business.’
32. ‘Its implication is that the only yardstick to measure commitment to community and industry is capital investment.’
33. ‘So you'll know then not to use your own excruciatingly exacting standards as a yardstick for judging others this week
34. won't you?’
35. ‘It could be overturned by Parliament
36. but at least parliament would have a yardstick to measure itself by.’
37. ‘Spinoza is also right in his belief that truth is
38. in the end
39. our only yardstick
40. and that to live by any other standard is to be the victim of circumstance.’