quality

quality
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qualities
1) N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp The quality of something is how good or bad it is.

Everyone can greatly improve the quality of life...

Other services vary dramatically in quality.

...high quality paper and plywood.

2) N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft N n Something of quality is of a high standard.

...a college of quality...

As a measure of our concern for quality, we took the decision to withdraw a quantity of stock from sale...

We have been successful because we are offering a quality service.

3) N-COUNT: usu pl, usu supp N Someone's qualities are the good characteristics that they have which are part of their nature.

Sometimes you wonder where your kids get their good qualities...

He wanted to introduce mature people with leadership qualities...

A job analysis should also include what skills and personal qualities are required.

4) N-COUNT: oft adj N You can describe a particular characteristic of a person or thing as a quality.

...a childlike quality.

...the pretentious quality of the poetry...

Thyme tea can be used by adults for its antiseptic qualities.

5) ADJ: ADJ n The quality papers or the quality press are the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society. [BRIT]

Even the quality papers agreed that it was a triumph.


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