yardstick
IPA: jˈɑrdstɪk
noun
- A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.
- (figuratively) A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.
Examples of "yardstick" in Sentences
- The yardstick needs to be changed.
- The correct yardstick is relevance to the subject.
- The most relevant yardstick is the size of the photo.
- The measure you get depends on the yardstick you apply.
- That would give us the correct yardstick to measure the returns.
- The Bursary Competition was the yardstick of success at this time.
- America is not the yardstick by which rest of the world is measured.
- The rules governing the measurement are called the Portsmouth yardstick.
- I just fail to agree with many that the yardstick must be the number of edits.
- By that yardstick, most of the American population can be taken off the charts.