Yardstick
noun
A measure or standard used for comparison.
His performance is a yardstick for other players.
Often appears as...
- his yardstick
- apply the yardstick
noun
A tool used to measure one yard length.
He measured the fabric using a yardstick.
Often appears as...
- use a yardstick
- yardstick measurement
noun
A measure or standard used for comparison.
His performance is a yardstick for other players.
Often appears as...
- his yardstick
- apply the yardstick
noun
A tool used to measure one yard length.
He measured the fabric using a yardstick.
Often appears as...
- use a yardstick
- yardstick measurement
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Comparison Standard
Used to compare a quality or feature against the general expectation or another entity.
His honesty is the yardstick by which we measure all our employees.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to refer to non-physical measurements, like success or quality.
Innovation is the yardstick for a tech company's success.
Pro Tip 3/3Evaluative Tool
Indicates an evaluative framework within a specific field or activity.
This new policy will be the yardstick for future legislative changes.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparison Standard
Used to compare a quality or feature against the general expectation or another entity.
His honesty is the yardstick by which we measure all our employees.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to refer to non-physical measurements, like success or quality.
Innovation is the yardstick for a tech company's success.
Pro Tip 3/3Evaluative Tool
Indicates an evaluative framework within a specific field or activity.
This new policy will be the yardstick for future legislative changes.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparison Standard
Used to compare a quality or feature against the general expectation or another entity.
His honesty is the yardstick by which we measure all our employees.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to refer to non-physical measurements, like success or quality.
Innovation is the yardstick for a tech company's success.
Pro Tip 3/3Evaluative Tool
Indicates an evaluative framework within a specific field or activity.
This new policy will be the yardstick for future legislative changes.
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Our dangerous obsession...
Because even if there were equality of opportunity, the idea that we are captains of our own destiny disguises a much darker reality for young people that they are subject to an almost ongoing economic tribunal. Metrics, rankings, lead tables have emerged as the yardsticks for which merit can be quantified
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The Surprising...
when she tells anyone she works with shark brains she always gets the same question so are sharks smart that's what i asked it's not a question she likes intelligence is a finicky metric it depends on your yardstick so if it's oh you're smart if you can do calculus then you might
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Pulling back the curtain...
only becomes a problem as we said when you're facing kind of imminent default and your options are limited because it's in the news what's your ear assessment how sustainable is a Greek debt now it's a good question if we take that yardstick its sustainable right now
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Making internet widely...
know could hold the private systems to a yardstick we can see how cheap it could public systems were allowed to operate we had never seen a monopoly like the depredations of electricians in the history of the world they lied they misled everybody they had incredible
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Is the world getting...
You can always fool yourself into seeing a decline if you compare bleeding headlines of the present with rose-tinted images of the past. What does the trajectory of the world look like when we measure well-being over time using a constant yardstick?
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3 steps to getting what...
Let's say you're negotiating for a salary in a new job. Some people, they determine they ask based on their past salary. That isn't a good yardstick. You may end up asking for too much or too little. Instead, find out the range of what is possible.
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Talking about good food ...
Haram the third world oil but nobody ever really talks about our foods and it's funny because our food is a big part of our culture in fact the yardstick for stocks of any Nigerian party is the amount and the quality of food that you serve at it
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Humanity's Search for...
when she began noticing a distinct correlation between their brightness and their blinking pattern. That correlation made it possible to measure the distance of stars for the very first time, furnishing the yardstick of the universe.
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Paul Collier's new rules...
So the NGOs become part of a public government system, rather than independent of it. One advantage of that is that you can allocate money coherently. Another is, you can make NGOs accountable. You can use yardstick competition,
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Amelia Earhart Part I:...
other planes in the air he sits behind engines the reliability of which measured by yardsticks of the past is all but unbelievable i myself still fly a wasp motor which has carried me over the north atlantic part of the
Video examples
Our dangerous obsession...
Because even if there were equality of opportunity, the idea that we are captains of our own destiny disguises a much darker reality for young people that they are subject to an almost ongoing economic tribunal. Metrics, rankings, lead tables have emerged as the yardsticks for which merit can be quantified
Video examples
The Surprising...
when she tells anyone she works with shark brains she always gets the same question so are sharks smart that's what i asked it's not a question she likes intelligence is a finicky metric it depends on your yardstick so if it's oh you're smart if you can do calculus then you might
Video examples
Pulling back the curtain...
only becomes a problem as we said when you're facing kind of imminent default and your options are limited because it's in the news what's your ear assessment how sustainable is a Greek debt now it's a good question if we take that yardstick its sustainable right now
Video examples
Making internet widely...
know could hold the private systems to a yardstick we can see how cheap it could public systems were allowed to operate we had never seen a monopoly like the depredations of electricians in the history of the world they lied they misled everybody they had incredible
Video examples
Is the world getting...
You can always fool yourself into seeing a decline if you compare bleeding headlines of the present with rose-tinted images of the past. What does the trajectory of the world look like when we measure well-being over time using a constant yardstick?
Video examples
3 steps to getting what...
Let's say you're negotiating for a salary in a new job. Some people, they determine they ask based on their past salary. That isn't a good yardstick. You may end up asking for too much or too little. Instead, find out the range of what is possible.
Video examples
Talking about good food ...
Haram the third world oil but nobody ever really talks about our foods and it's funny because our food is a big part of our culture in fact the yardstick for stocks of any Nigerian party is the amount and the quality of food that you serve at it
Video examples
Humanity's Search for...
when she began noticing a distinct correlation between their brightness and their blinking pattern. That correlation made it possible to measure the distance of stars for the very first time, furnishing the yardstick of the universe.
Video examples
Paul Collier's new rules...
So the NGOs become part of a public government system, rather than independent of it. One advantage of that is that you can allocate money coherently. Another is, you can make NGOs accountable. You can use yardstick competition,
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part I:...
other planes in the air he sits behind engines the reliability of which measured by yardsticks of the past is all but unbelievable i myself still fly a wasp motor which has carried me over the north atlantic part of the
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Herb Caen
American Journalist
A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn't matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it doesn't sell any papers, it's not a good column. It's a terrible yardstick to use, but in the newspaper business, that's the whole thing.
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Barbara Bush
American First Lady
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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Gustav Stresemann
German Politician
History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too ready to measure the evolution of history by his own yardstick.
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James Wan
Australian Producer
I use myself as a measuring yardstick, and so if I come up with an idea that really scares me, then I'd like to think that people out there would feel the same way as well.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a yardstick for the language.
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Jason Fried
American Businessman
One of the secret benefits of using remote workers is that the work itself becomes the yardstick to judge someone's performance.
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Ann Voskamp
Canadian Author
Pick up a yardstick to measure your life against anyone else's, and you've just picked up a stick and beaten up your own soul.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
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John Madden
American Entertainer
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Quote examples
Herb Caen
American Journalist
A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn't matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it doesn't sell any papers, it's not a good column. It's a terrible yardstick to use, but in the newspaper business, that's the whole thing.
Quote examples
Barbara Bush
American First Lady
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
Quote examples
Gustav Stresemann
German Politician
History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too ready to measure the evolution of history by his own yardstick.
Quote examples
James Wan
Australian Producer
I use myself as a measuring yardstick, and so if I come up with an idea that really scares me, then I'd like to think that people out there would feel the same way as well.
Quote examples
Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a yardstick for the language.
Quote examples
Jason Fried
American Businessman
One of the secret benefits of using remote workers is that the work itself becomes the yardstick to judge someone's performance.
Quote examples
Ann Voskamp
Canadian Author
Pick up a yardstick to measure your life against anyone else's, and you've just picked up a stick and beaten up your own soul.
Quote examples
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
Quote examples
John Madden
American Entertainer
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
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