benchmarking
USBENCH-mar-king/ˈbɛnt͡ʃmɑɹk/UKBENCH-mah-king/ˈbɛnt͡ʃmɑːkɪŋ/
- 1Measuring how well something works by comparing it to a fixed standard.
Like using a ruler to check how tall something is against a fixed mark.
The company used benchmarking to compare its results with its rivals.
Regular benchmarking helped the team find the slow parts of the software.
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- 2Present participle of benchmark. Use this form for an action that is happening now.
The team is benchmarking their new app against last year's version.
She spent the week benchmarking different cloud services.
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benchmarking is a form of benchmark
benchmark, verb: To test how well something works or how good it is by comparing it fairly and scientifically with a similar thing. Full entry
- Forms
- benchmarkbenchmarks he/she/itbenchmarking -ing formbenchmarked past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- benchmark → benchmarking: add -ing
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