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Benchmarking

To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.

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📖 Definitions of "Benchmarking"

verb

1
To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.

noun

1
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Benchmarking"

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Word	Definition
bench marknoun	Alternative spelling of benchmark. [A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.]
baselinenoun	A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
analysisnoun	(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
footnotenoun	A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
referencingnoun	The making of a reference.
calibrationnoun	(technology) The act of calibrating something.
evaluationnoun	An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
referencenoun	The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
basenoun	Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
intercomparisonnoun	A comparison made between diverse elements.
datumnoun	Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.
comparisonnoun	The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
comparabilitynoun	The quality of being comparable.
compareverb	(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
comparativenoun	Of or relating to comparison.
assessmentnoun	An appraisal or evaluation.
evidencenoun	Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
conceptual	Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
comparatornoun	An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
standardisationnoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of standardization. [The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.]