norm
pronunciation
How to pronounce norm in British English:
UK [nɔːm]
How to pronounce norm in American English:
US [nɔːrm]
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- Noun:
- a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
- a statistic describing the location of a distribution
Word Origin
- norm (n.)
- "standard, pattern, model," 1821, from French norme, from Latin norma "carpenter's square, rule, pattern," of unknown origin. Klein suggests a borrowing (via Etruscan) of Greek gnomon "carpenter's square." The Latin form of the word, norma, was used in English in the sense of "carpenter's square" from 1670s.
Example
- 1. Kindness and courtesy are no longer the expected norm . "
- 2. Quarterly reporting is already the norm on the mainland .
- 3. American-style bonuses and long-term incentive plans are now the norm .
- 4. But that is because marriage is disappearing as a norm .
- 5. The senate bill relies on imf methods to calculate a current-account " norm " for a country like china .