std
IPA: ˈɛstˈidˈi
Root Word: STD
noun
- (pathology) Initialism of sexually transmitted disease. [(pathology) Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact.]
- (telephony) Initialism of subscriber trunk dialling or subscriber toll dialing.
- Initialism of short-term disability.
- (rare, sometimes humorous) Initialism of save the date. [An informal notice of the date of an important upcoming event, usually a wedding, sent before a formal invitation.]
- Abbreviation of standard. [A principle or example or measure used for comparison.]
- Abbreviation of standard deviation. [(statistics) A measure of how spread out data values are around the mean, defined as the square root of the variance. Represented with the Greek letter σ (sigma).]
adjective
- Alternative form of std (“standard”)
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Examples of "std" in Sentences
- A message from the STD of Uranus.
- But there is an international std.
- It would not necessarily be an STD.
- This will further be extended to Std.
- Cervical cancer is given as an example of an STD.
- It will then be subject to the std editing procedures.
- This is however normal, not to be confused with an STD.
- Remember, not having sex is the only foolproof way of not getting STD.
- Note that the std devs used in the denominator are population std devs.
- Does the thought of prostitutes, venereal disease, or stds make you nauseous
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