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GOLD STANDARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A paragon of excellence
Example:
academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gold standard" is a kind of...):
beau ideal; idol; paragon; perfection (an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("gold standard" is a kind of...):
monetary standard; standard (the value behind the money in a monetary system)
