noun
norm
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noun
1
What is considered typical, standard, or expected.
"Working from home has become the norm for many companies."
"It's the norm to tip waiters in the US."
2
An unwritten rule of behavior enforced by a community or society.
"Queuing politely is a strong social norm in Britain."
3
In mathematics, a function that measures the size or length of a vector.
"The Euclidean norm of the vector is calculated using the Pythagorean formula."
How to Use Norm
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishWhat's typical or expected — the usual way things are done.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
the norm
social norms
break the norm
return to the norm
Word Forms
normed past tense, norms plural, norms singular
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Etymology
From Latin "norma," meaning a carpenter's square or rule — something used to check that things are straight and standard.