Definitions for quality

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quality qual·i·ty

Spelling: [kwol-i-tee]

IPA: /ˈkwɒl ɪ ti/

Quality is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in quality (ailqtuy).

Definitions for quality

noun

1. an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute:
2. character or nature, as belonging to or distinguishing a thing:
3. character with respect to fineness, or grade of excellence:
4. high grade; superiority; excellence:
5. a personality or character trait:
6. native excellence or superiority.
7. an accomplishment or attainment.
8. good or high social position:
9. the superiority or distinction associated with high social position.
10. Acoustics. the texture of a tone, dependent on its overtone content, that distinguishes it from others of the same pitch and loudness.
11. Phonetics. the tonal color, or timbre, that characterizes a particular vowel sound.
12. Logic. the character of a proposition as affirmative or negative.
13. Thermodynamics. the proportion or percentage of vapor in a mixture of liquid and vapor, as wet steam.
14. social status or position.
15. a person of high social position:

adjective

1. of or having superior quality:
2. producing or providing products or services of high quality or merit:
3. of or occupying high social status:
4. marked by a concentrated expenditure of involvement, concern, or commitment:

Origin of quality

1250-1300; Middle English qualite Old French Latin quālitās, equivalent to quāl(is) of what sort + -itās -ity

Examples for quality

The economy has begun to add jobs, but the quality of those jobs is an increasing concern.

My conception of the love of God lacked just that quality—intensity.

This says nothing of the quality of my work, which, humble as it may be, is simply the best I know how to do.

The quality of sincerity in Dick's voice was more convincing than any vow might have been.

Cuban cigars are world-renowned for their quality and craftsmanship, and Americans have loved this major Cuban export for decades.

In the midst of the clubbiness, there is a heimishe (Yiddish for familiar, old school) quality.

First, we need to change the debate—to focus at least as much on the quality of resources as the quantity.

The quality of the music is a major factor in this recent surge.

Having never tasted it, I can bear no testimony to its quality.

Their names often signified some quality of a horse; as Leucippus, a white horse, &c.