Definitions
Standard point of comparison or measurement.
Word origin
From bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench (from land surveying jargon in the 19th century, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. The figurative sense first appears c. 1884.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonym: criterion”
“Near-synonym: datum”
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