quality
nouns
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
"the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
is derived from
is an attribute of
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
"good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"
is an attribute of
having undesirable or negative qualities
"a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
is an attribute of
characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
"a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"
is an attribute of
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
"a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
a degree or grade of excellence or worth
"the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
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"
(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"
high social status
"a man of quality"
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
position in a social hierarchy
"the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
adjectives
of superior grade
"choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
of high social status
"people of quality"; "a quality family"
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