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quality - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'quality' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quality [ n.]
- 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.
- Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.
- 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.
- An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
- Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.

Meaning of 'quality' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . quality [ n]
Meaning (1):
- high social status
Example in sentence:
  • a man of quality
Meaning (2):
- a degree or grade of excellence or worth
Example in sentence:
  • an executive of low caliber;
  • the quality of students has risen
Meaning (3):
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Example in sentence:
  • each town has a quality all its own;
  • the radical character of our demands
Meaning (4):
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Example in sentence:
  • the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet;
  • the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
Meaning (5):
- an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Example in sentence:
  • the quality of mercy is not strained
6 . quality [ s]
Meaning (6):
- of high social status
Example in sentence:
  • a quality family;
  • people of quality
Meaning (7):
- of superior grade
Example in sentence:
  • choice wines;
  • prime beef;
  • prize carnations;
  • quality paper;
  • select peaches