Examples

1 sentences
  1. Yanni's rifle is standard issue for deer hunters.

Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.

    Near-synonyms: standard; stock; regular; baseline

    Most employees of this company get a standard issue laptop, but those in the art department get a more powerful model.

  2. (broadly, derogatory, not comparable)Not special or remarkable; conventional.

    Near-synonyms: basic, garden variety, humdrum, ordinary, pedestrian, plain, plain Jane, plain vanilla, unremarkable; see also Thesaurus:normal

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization:standardB2stockB2regularA2baseline

Antonyms

6 antonyms
Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization:specialA1customA2specializedspecial issuebespokecustomized

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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