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standard varieties

standard varieties is the plural of standard variety.

Meaning of standard variety

Noun

standard variety (plural standard varieties)

  1. Synonym of standard language
    • Finally, many children speak a nonstandard variety of their native language even though they understand the standard variety, which is the language of wider communication.1975, United States Commission on Civil Rights, A Better Chance to Learn - Bilingual Bicultural Education, Volume 51, page 112

Questions about standard varieties

What is standard varieties the plural of?
Standard varieties is the plural of standard variety.

Words near standard varieties in the dictionary

  1. standard theory
  2. standard time
  3. standard topology
  4. standard transmission
  5. standard transmissions
  6. standard varieties
  7. standard variety
  8. Standard Zone Time
  9. standard-bearer
  10. standard-bearers
  11. standard-definition

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