benchmark

Definition of Benchmark in English :

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Noun

1. benchmark

a standard by which something can be measured or judged

Example Sentences:
'his painting sets the benchmark of quality'

2. bench mark, benchmark

a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

bench mark

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Benchmark

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noun

1.

a mark on a stone post or other permanent feature, at a point whose exact elevation and position is known: used as a reference point in surveying

. Abbreviation: BM

2.

a.

a criterion by which to measure something; standard; reference point

b.

(as modifier)

a benchmark test

verb

3.

to measure or test against a benchmark

the firm benchmarked its pay against that in industry

Benchmark

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n.

1. A standard by which something can be measured or judged: "Inflation ... is a great distorter of seemingly fixed economic ideas and benchmarks" (Benjamin M. Friedman).

2. often bench mark A surveyor's mark made on a stationary object of previously determined position and elevation and used as a reference point, as in geologic surveys or tidal observations.

tr.v. bench·marked, bench·mark·ing, bench·marks

To measure (a rival's product) according to specified standards in order to compare it with and improve one's own product.

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