From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstandardizestan‧dard‧ize (also standardise British English) /ˈstændədaɪz $ -ər-/ ●○○ verb [transitive] SAMEto make all the things of one particular type the same as each other Attempts to standardize English spelling have never been successful. standardized tests —standardization /ˌstændədaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -dərdə-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
standardize• Everyone does not need the same kind of lawyer, yet our lawyers are becoming standardized.• He understands that the government can not efficiently standardize an industry that literally changes by the minute.• There they were, those pretty young girls all in a row, wearing standardized bathing suits, glamour gowns and smiles.• At first there were several competing designs of electric plug-sockets, but these were standardized in the 1920s.• Restaurants can back this up with a standardized recipe for the item and a nutritional analysis of the recipe.• The committee hopes to standardize school curriculum and teaching techniques.• Product management is developing a standardized suite of managed services that will be offered in the new data centers.• The bankers used economics as a sort of standardized test of general intelligence.From Longman Business Dictionarystandardizestan‧dard‧ize /ˈstændədaɪz-ər-/ (also standardise British English) verb [transitive] to make all the things of one particular type the same as each otherComputer bulletin boards have become increasingly standardized in recent years. —standardization noun [uncountable]Cars have been subjected to a good deal of standardization in matters concerning safety and pollution.→ See Verb table 