Quality

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1. Noun

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.

2. Noun

Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.

3. Noun

That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.

4. Noun

An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.

5. Noun

Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.

6. Noun

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

7. Noun

(music) 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"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

8. Noun

high social status; "a man of quality"
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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