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Quality

Quality Meaning & Definition
Quality Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Quality?

[n]
[n] a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
[n] the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
[n] a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
[n] high social status; "a man of quality"
[adj] of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family"
[adj] of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Quality: caliber | calibre | character | choice | lineament | prime(a) | prize | select | superior | timber | timbre | tone | upper-class

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Quality In Webster's Dictionary

\Qual"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Qualities}. [F. qualit['e], L. qualitas, fr. qualis how constituted, as; akin to E. which. See {Which}.] 1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest quality. --Bacon 2. Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position. I made that inquiry in quality of an antiquary. --Gray. 3. That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman. Note: Qualities, in metaphysics, are primary or secondary. Primary are those essential to the existence, and even the conception, of the thing, as of matter or spirit Secondary are those not essential to such a conception. 4. An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition. He had those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which accompany a good breeding. --Clarendon. 5. Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character. ``Persons of quality.'' --Bacon. {Quality binding}, a kind of worsted tape used in Scotland for binding carpets, and the like. {The quality}, those of high rank or station, as distinguished from {the masses}, or common people; the nobility; the gentry. I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that the quality may see how pretty they will look in their traveling habits. --Addison. Syn: Property; attribute; nature; peculiarity; character; sort; rank; disposition; temper.

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