About The Word First-rate

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First-rate

First-rate Meaning & Definition
First-rate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of First-rate?

[adv] quite well; "she doesn't feel first-rate today"
[adj] (informal) of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"

Synonyms | Synonyms for First-rate: ace | A-one | crack | super | superior | tiptop | topnotch | tops(p) | very well

Related Terms | Find terms related to First-rate: ace | admirable | best | capital | crack | dandy | excellent | exceptional | extraordinary | fine | first-chop | first-class | great | greatest | highest | high-grade | matchless | maximal | maximum | most | outstanding | prime | remarkable | superb | superior | superlative | supreme | tip-top | top | top-drawer | topflight | top-hole | topmost | top-notch | topping | tops | unparalleled | unsurpassed | uppermost | utmost | wizard

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First-rate In Webster's Dictionary

\First"-rate`\, a. Of the highest excellence; pre["e]minent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. --M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. --Jowett (Thucyd).
\First"-rate`\, n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.

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