(transitive) To standardize in advance.

simple past tense and past participle of prestandardize

Prior to being standardized.

Prior to standardization.

A draft document that may later become a standard.

plural of prestandard

starved prior to some other operation

To stabilize prior to some other operation

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9077). / A village and civil parish in Cheltenham borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9723).

(sociolinguistics) Prestige acquired in a community by using a standard or formal language variety associated with power and status.