yardstick
pronunciation
How to pronounce yardstick in British English:
UK [ˈjɑ:dstɪk]
How to pronounce yardstick in American English:
US [ˈjɑrdstɪk]
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- Noun:
- a measure or standard used for comparison
- a ruler or tape that is three feet long
Word Origin
- yardstick (n.)
- also yard-stick, 1797, from yard (n.2) + stick (n.).
Example
- 1. Not all of china should be measured by this yardstick .
- 2. Businesses have profit ; the social sector lacks a similarly simple yardstick .
- 3. But pinning such grand hopes on a single yardstick invariably leads to discontent .
- 4. As a yardstick , 8 sieverts is considered fatal , even with treatment .
- 5. Still , by that yardstick indian firms have decades before institutional capitalism takes over .