benchmark
Syllables: bench·markUK/ˈbɛnt͡ʃmɑːk/US/ˈbɛnt͡ʃmɑɹk/
benchmark noun: a standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
Noun
benchmark (plural benchmarks)
- A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
- Near-synonym: criterion
- Is the pope Catholic? Forgive the posing of a question that is usually rhetorical, the absolute benchmark of certainty, and traditionally regarded as even more settled than the one pertaining to the lavatorial arrangements of bears.2013 September 20, Marina Hyde, “Is the pope Catholic?”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- criterion
- A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
- Near-synonym: datum
- Synonyms:
- datum
- A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
Verb
benchmark (third-person singular simple present benchmarks, present participle benchmarking, simple past and past participle benchmarked)
- To give certain results in a benchmark test.
- To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchmark meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
benchmark in Hindi
- standard
- मानक mānak, मापदंड māpdaṇḍ, कसौटी kasauṭī
benchmark in Tamil
- பெஞ்ச்மார்க்
benchmark in Marathi
- बेंचमार्क, बेंचमार्क करण्यासाठी
benchmark in Urdu
- بینچ مارک, بنچ مارک
More languagesFewer languages
- benchmark in Bengali
- উচ্চতার চিহ্ন
- benchmark in Telugu
- బెంచ్మార్క్, బెంచ్ మార్క్, బెంచ్మార్కు
- benchmark in Malayalam
- അടിസ്ഥാനമാതൃക, മാനദണ്ഡം, ഇത്രയ്ക്കിത്ര എന്നവ്യവസ്ഥ, തോത്
- benchmark in Kannada
- ಬೆಂಚ್ಮಾರ್ಕ್
- benchmark in Punjabi
- ਬੈਂਚਮਾਰਕ
- benchmark in Gujarati
- બેન્ચમાર્ક, બેંચમાર્ક
- benchmark in Odia
- ବେଞ୍ଚମାର୍କ, ବେଂଚମାର୍କ
- benchmark in Nepali
- बेन्चमार्क, बेंचमार्क
- benchmark in Malay
- tanda aras, penanda aras
- benchmark in Indonesian
- tolok ukur, baku mutu
Examples of benchmark in a sentence
- A geodetic datum is sometimes also called a benchmark.
- ESG screened portfolios overperform the benchmark in the long term only if the exclusion threshold is low.
- We spent many hours running benchmarks, poring over flamegraphs, and digging through internal Node.js code.
Synonyms of benchmark
Forms of benchmark
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | benchmarks |
| alternative form | bench mark |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | benchmarks |
| present participle | benchmarking |
| past participle | benchmarked |
| past | benchmarked |
Origin of benchmark
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.
Words formed from benchmark
Questions about benchmark
- What does benchmark mean?
- Benchmark means a standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
- What is benchmark in Hindi?
- Benchmark in Hindi is मानक (mānak), मापदंड (māpdaṇḍ), कसौटी (kasauṭī). See Benchmark meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is benchmark?
- Benchmark can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce benchmark?
- Benchmark is pronounced /ˈbɛnt͡ʃmɑːk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of benchmark?
- The plural of benchmark is benchmarks.
Words near benchmark in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: benchmark (page history and authors); benchmark (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benchmark (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benchmark (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benchmark (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); benchmark (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benchmark (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); benchmark (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benchmark (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benchmark (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benchmark (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benchmark (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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