Historical Examples. 1  It is a delight to hear one's mother tongue spoken with such careless precision, with just the suspicion of a brogue to it. 2  Also there was a faint and fascinating suggestion of brogue in her accent. 3  My heart warms to the little ragamuffins in the street if they have a bit of the brogue.
(stÄnâ²dÉrd) adj. 1. Serving as or conforming to an established or accepted measurement or value: a standard unit of volume. 2. Widely recognized or employed as a model of authority or excellence: a standard reference work. 3. Acceptable but of less than top quality: a standard grade of beef.
Standards are all around us, even if we are not always aware of them. One example of a widely-used standard is the A4 size for sheets of paper. A standard is a document that sets out requirements for a specific item, material, component, system or service, or describes in detail a particular method or procedure.Standards facilitate international trade by ensuring compatibility and interoperability of components, products and services.herefore, a European Standard (EN) automatically becomes a national standard in each of the 33 CEN-CENELEC member countries. Standards are voluntary which means that there is no automatic legal obligation to apply them. However, laws and regulations may refer to standards and even make compliance with them compulsory.