"benchmark" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛn(t)ʃmɑːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-benchmark.wav Forms: benchmarks [plural]
Etymology: From bench + mark. Originally (attested circa 1842) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a "bench" (from 19th century land surveying jargon, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. Figurative sense attested circa 1884. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bench|mark}} bench + mark Head templates: {{en-noun}} benchmark (plural benchmarks)
  1. A standard by which something is evaluated or measured. Translations (standard): etapë (Albanian), бенчмарк (benčmark) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ijkpunt [neuter] (Dutch), maatstaf (Dutch), vertailukohta (Finnish), mittari (Finnish), critère [masculine] (French), aune [feminine] (French), étalon [masculine] (French), Maßstab [masculine] (German), Höhenfestpunkt [masculine] (German), Kriterium [neuter] (German), etalon (Hungarian), mérce (Hungarian), riferimento [masculine] (Italian), termine di paragone [masculine] (Italian), paragone [masculine] (Italian), modello [masculine] (Italian), paradigma [masculine] (Italian), etalons [masculine] (Latvian), padrão (Portuguese), крите́рий (kritérij) [masculine] (Russian), мери́ло (merílo) [neuter] (Russian), станда́рт (standárt) [masculine] (Russian), показа́тель (pokazátelʹ) (Russian), cota de referencia [feminine] (Spanish), estandar de comparación [masculine] (Spanish), måttstock [common-gender] (Swedish), riktmärke [neuter] (Swedish), mihenk taşı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-benchmark-en-noun-l~VajuyM Disambiguation of 'standard': 100 0 0
  2. A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point. Translations (surveyor's mark): ре́пер (réper) [masculine] (Bulgarian), nivelační bod [masculine] (Czech), kiintopiste (Finnish), point de référence [masculine] (French), repère [masculine] (French), szintjel (Hungarian), punto di riferimento [masculine] (Italian), ponto de referência (Portuguese), punct de reper [neuter] (Romanian), reper [neuter] (Romanian), репер (reper) (Russian), marca [feminine] (Spanish), punto de referencia [masculine] (Spanish), fixpunkt (Swedish)
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  3. (computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: program executed to assess performance): бенчмарк (benčmark) [masculine] (Bulgarian), etalono (Esperanto), suorituskykytesti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-benchmark-en-noun-cdJ4W9LD Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 25 29 19 19 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: program executed to assess performance': 4 11 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bench mark Derived forms: non-benchmark

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛn(t)ʃmɑːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-benchmark.wav Forms: benchmarks [present, singular, third-person], benchmarking [participle, present], benchmarked [participle, past], benchmarked [past]
Etymology: From bench + mark. Originally (attested circa 1842) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a "bench" (from 19th century land surveying jargon, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. Figurative sense attested circa 1884. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bench|mark}} bench + mark Head templates: {{en-verb}} benchmark (third-person singular simple present benchmarks, present participle benchmarking, simple past and past participle benchmarked)
  1. (transitive) To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
    (intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
    Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-benchmark-en-verb-4Q~sua4a Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 25 29 19 19
  2. (transitive) To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
    (transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
    Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-benchmark-en-verb-OX1mlALD Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 25 29 19 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bench mark, kitemark [UK], yardstick Derived forms: benchmarkable, benchmarker, benchmarketing, canned benchmark, microbenchmark, rebenchmark, unbenchmarked

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by against"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛn(t)ʃmɑːk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-benchmark.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-benchmark.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-benchmark.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-benchmark.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-benchmark.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "kitemark"
    },
    {
      "word": "yardstick"
    },
    {
      "word": "bench mark"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "benchmark"
  ],
  "word": "benchmark"
}

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