barnounfeminine/fɐʃˈkiɐ/lowfas·qui·aPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionStandard level, goal, or requirement to be met; less common synonym for 'bar' in the figurative sense.The bar for university admission is very high.We need to lower the bar of our expectations.synbarstandardlevelbenchmarkCommon collocationshigh barlow barraise the barEtymologyDo árabe 'faššāḳiyya' (tira, faixa).