Meaning & use
benchmark
A standard or point of reference against which things can be compared or measured.
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The company's new product became the benchmark that competitors tried to match.
Test scores from last year serve as a benchmark for measuring this year's progress.
A note on using this word
Benchmark is common in business and technology, especially for performance tests comparing software, hardware, or financial results against a known standard.
Words with a similar meaning
standardyardstickcriterion
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To evaluate something by comparing it against a standard or competitor.
The team benchmarked the new server against three competing models before purchasing.
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