QUALITY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

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    • the quality of mercy is not strained–Shakespeare

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  2. Meaning
    • a degree or grade of excellence or worth

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    • the quality of students has risen
    • an executive of low caliber

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  3. Meaning
    • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

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    • the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
    • the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet

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  4. Meaning
    • a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

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    • each town has a quality all its own
    • the radical character of our demands

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  5. Meaning
    • high social status

    Usage Example(s)
    • a man of quality

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QUALITY as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • of high social status

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    • people of quality
    • a quality family

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  2. Meaning
    • of superior grade

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    • choice wines
    • prime beef
    • prize carnations
    • quality paper
    • select peaches

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