Definitions for first-rate
first-rate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)adverb

   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"

2. first-rate, very welladverb

   quite well

   "she doesn't feel first-rate today"

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1. first-ratenoun

   A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks

2. first-rateadjective

   Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks

3. first-rateadjective

   Exceptionally good

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1. First-rate

   In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at least 400 men, the size and establishment of first-rates evolved over the following 250 years to eventually denote ships of the line carrying at least 80 guns across three gundecks. By the end of the eighteenth century, a first-rate carried no fewer than 100 guns and more than 850 crew, and had a measurement (burthen) tonnage of some 2,000 tons.

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1. First-rateadjective

   of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation

2. First-ratenoun

   a war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class

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1. First-rate

   First rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for its largest ships of the line. While the size and establishment of guns and men changed over the 250 years that the rating system held sway, from the early years of the 1700s the first rates comprised those ships mounting 100 guns or more on three gundecks. In the Nelsonic period, a first rate carried over 800 crew and displaced in excess of 2,000 long tons.

How to pronounce first-rate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say first-rate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of first-rate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of first-rate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of first-rate in a Sentence

1. Andy Stefanelli:

   Dorian was one heck of a running back in high school, with Kendall you just kind of knew his sense for the game and just how he practiced and worked out. Everything he did was just first-rate.

2. Doris Lessing:

   What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

3. F. Scott Fitzgerald:

   The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

4. Kurt Volker:

   Today, I informed ASU President Crow and Mrs. McCain that I believe the recent media focus on my work as the U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations risks becoming a distraction from the accomplishments and continued growth of the Institute, and therefore, I am stepping down as executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, i know the Institute is well equipped with a first rate team of staff and trustees to continue its progress in the future.

5. Judy Garland:

   Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=first-rate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/First-Rate
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-Rate
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first-rate
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=first-rate