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Received Standard

Received Standard proper noun: synonym of Received Pronunciation.

Proper noun

Received Standard

  1. Synonym of Received Pronunciation.

Synonyms of Received Standard

Origin of Received Standard

Coined by Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld in 1927.

Questions about Received Standard

What does Received Standard mean?
Received Standard means synonym of Received Pronunciation.
What part of speech is Received Standard?
Received Standard is a proper noun.

Words near Received Standard in the dictionary

  1. receive
  2. receiveable
  3. receiveables
  4. received
  5. Received Pronunciation
  6. Received Standard
  7. received wisdom
  8. receivedness
  9. receivedst
  10. receiver
  11. receiver general

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