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benchmarks

benchmarks is the plural of benchmark.

benchmarks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of benchmark.

Meaning of benchmark

Noun

benchmark (plural benchmarks)

  1. A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
    • Near-synonym: criterion
    Synonyms:
    criterion
  2. A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
    • Near-synonym: datum
    Synonyms:
    datum
  3. A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

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Phrases with benchmarks

Questions about benchmarks

What is benchmarks the plural of?
Benchmarks is the plural of benchmark.

Words near benchmarks in the dictionary

  1. benchmarker
  2. benchmarkers
  3. benchmarketing
  4. benchmarking
  5. benchmarkings
  6. benchmarks
  7. benchmate
  8. benchmates
  9. benchmaxx
  10. benchmaxxed
  11. benchmaxxes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: benchmarks (page history and authors); benchmark (page history and authors). 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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