benchmark
/ˈbɛntʃˌmɑrk/
verb
- To evaluate or check (something) by comparison with a standard.
- The team benchmarked their new software against the leading product on the market.
- The company benchmarks employee performance every quarter.
- We need to benchmark our energy usage against similar buildings in the area.
noun
- A standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or measured.
- The company's sales figures set a new benchmark for the industry.
- Teachers use test scores as a benchmark to measure student progress.
- This smartphone's battery life is the benchmark that other phones are judged by.
- A surveyor's mark cut into a permanent object, used as a reference point in measuring elevations.
- Hikers sometimes find old benchmarks on mountaintops left by early mapmakers.
- The surveyor placed a brass benchmark into the concrete wall of the old courthouse.
- The benchmark on the bridge helped engineers calculate the road's exact height.