benchmark meaning
ENWBenchmark
- A Benchmark is a point of known elevation marked for the purpose of surveying: see Benchmark (surveying). The term may also used metaphorically, as follows;
- NounPLbenchmarks
- A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
- A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
- (computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
- A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
- VerbSGbenchmarksPRbenchmarkingPT, PPbenchmarked
- (transitive) To measure the performance of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
- (transitive) To measure the performance of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
Definition of benchmark in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Nouns
- en benchmarks
- en benchmarked
- en benchmarker
- en benchmarking
- en benchmarkers
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "benchmark" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.