6. an accomplishment or attainment.
7. high social position: a man of quality.
8. timbre (def. 1).
9. the tonal color, or timbre, that characterizes a particular vowel sound.
10. Logic. the character of a proposition as affirmative or negative.
11. social status or position.
12. a person or persons of high social position.
adj.
13. of or having superior quality: quality paper.
14. producing or providing products or services of high quality: a quality publisher.
[1250–1300; Middle English qualite < Old French < Latin quālitās=quāl(is) of what sort + -itās -ity]
syn: quality, attribute, property refer to a distinguishing feature or characteristic of a person, thing, or group. A quality is an innate or acquired characteristic that, in some particular, determines the nature and behavior of a person or thing: the qualities of patience and perseverance. An attribute is a quality that we assign or ascribe to a person or to something personified; it may also mean a fundamental or innate characteristic: an attribute of God; attributes of a logical mind. property is applied only to a thing; it refers to a principal characteristic that is part of the constitution of a thing and serves to define or describe it: the physical properties of limestone.
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Quality
people of good social position, 1693; actors as a body, 1603.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
quality
When you are talking about things that have been made or produced, you can use quality to say how good or bad they are.
The quality of the photograph was poor.
Over the years they have received many awards for the high quality of their products.
You can say that something is of good quality or of poor quality.
The treatment and care provided were also of poor quality.
Television ensures that films of high quality are shown to large audiences.
You can also use expressions such as good quality and high quality in front of nouns.
I've got some good quality paper.
Teaching is backed up by the highest quality research.
You can also use quality on its own in front of a noun. When you do this, you are showing that something is of a high standard.
They publish quality fiction.
The employers don't want quality work any more.
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quality
The qualities describe behaviors associated with certain zodiac signs. There are three qualities: cardinal, fixed and mutable.
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