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 Definitions of Quality  [ˈkwɒl ɪ ti]  

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Definition of 'Quality' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) quality
an essential characteristic, property, or attribute:
the qualities found in great writing.

2.  quality
character or nature, as belonging to or distinguishing a thing:
the quality of a color.

3.  quality
character with respect to grade of excellence or fineness:
materials of poor quality.

4.  quality
superiority; excellence:
a reputation for quality.

5.  quality
a personality or character trait:
Generosity is one of her many good qualities.

6.  quality
an accomplishment or attainment.

7.  quality
high social position:
a man of quality.

8.  quality
the tonal color, or timbre, that characterizes a particular vowel sound.

9.  quality
Logic. the character of a proposition as affirmative or negative.

10.  quality
social status or position.

11.  quality
a person or persons of high social position.

12. (adj.) quality
of or having superior quality:
quality paper.

13.  quality
producing or providing products or services of high quality:
a quality publisher.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME qualite < OF < L quālitās=quāl(is) of what sort +-itās -ity)

Definition of 'Quality' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) quality
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
"the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

2. (noun) quality, caliber, calibre
a degree or grade of excellence or worth
"the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"

3. (noun) quality, character, lineament
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"

4. (noun) timbre, timber, quality, tone
(music) 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"

5. (adj) quality
high social status
"a man of quality"

6. (adj) choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select
of superior grade
"choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

7. (adj) quality
of high social status
"people of quality"; "a quality family"


Definition of 'Quality' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) quality
the standard or level of sth
good/bad quality; high/low quality; quality of life; air quality

2.  quality
a feature or characteristic
Maya has many good personal qualities.; What are the qualities of an effective survey?

3.  quality
a high standard
Does a high price guarantee quality?


Definition of 'Quality' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Quality
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

2. (noun) Quality
special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position

3. (noun) Quality
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

4. (noun) Quality
an acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition

5. (noun) Quality
superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character


Translation of 'Quality' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the extent to which something has features which are good or bad etc, especially features which are good
We produce several different qualities of paper; In this firm, we look for quality rather than quantity; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gehalte, kwaliteit Arabic flag Arabic: نَوْعِيَّه، جَوْدَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: качество
Brazilian flag Brazilian: qualidade Czech flag Czech: jakost(ní) German flag German: die Qualität,Qualitäts-..
Danish flag Danish: kvalitet; kvalitets- Greek flag Greek: ποιότητα Spanish flag Spanish: calidad
Estonian flag Estonian: kvaliteet Farsi flag Farsi: کیفیت Finnish flag Finnish: laatu
French flag French: (de) qualité Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֵיכוּת Hindi flag Hindi: गुण
Croatian flag Croatian: kakvoća Hungarian flag Hungarian: minőség Indonesian flag Indonesian: mutu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gæði Italian flag Italian: qualità; di qualità Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 품질 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kokybė, rūšis; kokybiškas Latvian flag Latvian: kvalitāte; labums
Malay flag Malay: kualiti Dutch flag Dutch: kwaliteit Norwegian flag Norwegian: kvalitet, sort
Polish flag Polish: gatunek, jakość Persian flag Persian: کیفیت Pashto flag Pashto: څه رنګوالى، كيفيت، ماهيت:
Romanian flag Romanian: (de) calitate Russian flag Russian: сорт; качество Slovak flag Slovak: akosť; akostný
Slovenian flag Slovenian: kakovost Serbian flag Serbian: kvalitet Swedish flag Swedish: kvalitet
Thai flag Thai: คุณภาพ Turkish flag Turkish: nitelik, kalite Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 品質
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: якість; ґатунок Urdu flag Urdu: کسی شے کی خوبی کا درجہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chất lượng
Chinese flag Chinese: 质量

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