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quality |
Grep of noun quality congress of racial equality decline in quality equality high quality inequality low quality maternal quality parental quality paternal quality quality quality control quality of life Overview of noun quality The noun quality has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (42) quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare) 2. (16) quality, caliber, calibre -- (a degree or grade of excellence or worth: "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber") 3. (12) 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. (6) timbre, timber, quality, tone -- (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. quality -- (high social status; "a man of quality") Overview of adj quality The adj quality has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. choice, prime, prize, quality, select -- (of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches") 2. quality -- (of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family") Antonyms of adj quality 2 senses of quality Sense 1 choice, prime(postnominal), prize, quality, select INDIRECT (VIA superior) -> inferior Sense 2 quality INDIRECT (VIA middle-class, upper-class) -> lower-class, low-class INDIRECT (VIA upper-class, lower-class) -> middle-class Similarity of adj quality 2 senses of quality Sense 1 choice, prime(postnominal), prize, quality, select => superior (vs. inferior) Sense 2 quality => upper-class (vs. lower-class) (vs. middle-class) Attributes of adj quality Familiarity of adj quality quality used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj quality quality top-quality Overview of noun quality The noun quality has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (42) quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare) 2. (16) quality, caliber, calibre -- (a degree or grade of excellence or worth: "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber") 3. (12) 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. (6) timbre, timber, quality, tone -- (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. quality -- (high social status; "a man of quality") Overview of adj quality The adj quality has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. choice, prime, prize, quality, select -- (of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches") 2. quality -- (of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family")
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