benchmarked
- 1Simple past and past participle of benchmark.
Engineers benchmarked the processor under a heavy workload.
The fund's returns were benchmarked against a broad market index.
Note
A regular -ed form that does double duty. It is the simple past (engineers benchmarked the chip) and also the participle behind perfects and passives (the fund was benchmarked against an index). Watch the subject. When people run the test, the verb is transitive. When the thing tested is the subject, the verb is intransitive and reports how it scored, as in the new processor benchmarked well, so no passive is needed.
The new chip benchmarked well against its older rivals.
In early trials the laptop had benchmarked faster than anyone expected.
benchmarked is a form of benchmark
benchmark, verb: To measure the performance or quality of something against another similar item, using an impartial, scientific method. Full entry
- Forms
- benchmarkbenchmarks he/she/itbenchmarking -ing formbenchmarked past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- benchmark → benchmarked: add -ed
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