quality

qual·i·ty  (kwl-t)

n. pl. qual·i·ties

1.

a. An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property.

b. A personal trait, especially a character trait: "The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence" (George S. Patton).

2. Essential character; nature: "The quality of mercy is not strain'd" (Shakespeare).

3.

a. Superiority of kind: an intellect of unquestioned quality.

b. Degree or grade of excellence: yard goods of low quality.

4.

a. High social position.

b. Those in a high social position.

5. Music Timbre, as determined by harmonics: a voice with a distinctive metallic quality.

6. Linguistics The character of a vowel sound determined by the size and shape of the oral cavity and the amount of resonance with which the sound is produced.

7. Logic The positive or negative character of a proposition.

adj.

Having a high degree of excellence: the importance of quality health care.

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[Middle English qualite, from Old French, from Latin qulits, qulitt-, from qulis, of what kind; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: quality, property, attribute, character, trait
These nouns signify a feature that distinguishes or identifies someone or something: explained the qualities of noble gases; tested the resilient property of rubber; knew the attributes of a fine wine; liked the rural character of the ranch; had positive traits such as kindness and generosity.

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quality [ˈkwɒlɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. a distinguishing characteristic, property, or attribute

2. the basic character or nature of something

3. a trait or feature of personality

4. degree or standard of excellence, esp a high standard

5. (formerly) high social status or the distinction associated with it

6. (Music, other) musical tone colour; timbre

7. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic the characteristic of a proposition that is dependent on whether it is affirmative or negative

8. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics the distinctive character of a vowel, determined by the configuration of the mouth, tongue, etc., when it is articulated and distinguished from the pitch and stress with which it is uttered

9. (modifier) having or showing excellence or superiority a quality product

[from Old French qualité, from Latin quālitās state, nature, from quālis of what sort]

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Quality people of good social position, 1693; actors as a body, 1603.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing attractiveness, attraction - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" uncloudedness, clarity, clearness - the quality of clear water; "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes" opaqueness, opacity - the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light divisibility - the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons ease, easiness, simpleness, simplicity - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back" difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" burnability, combustibility, combustibleness - the quality of being capable of igniting and burning suitability, suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips" arability - the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation impressiveness - the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind navigability - the quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft neediness - the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree; "he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it" distressingness, painfulness - the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth" piquance, piquancy, piquantness - the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting publicity - the quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of the court room" spinnability - the quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability of being spun (used of textile fibers) unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose protectiveness - the quality of providing protection; "statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination" nature - the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy" humanness, manhood, humanity - the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood" air, aura, atmosphere - a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree ultimate - the finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury" characteristic - a distinguishing quality salability, salableness - the quality of being salable or marketable changeability, changeableness - the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; "the changeableness of the weather" unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged sameness - the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together" difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion - something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty" probability - the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event; "for a while mutiny seemed a probability"; "going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost" uncertainness, uncertainty, precariousness - being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"
	2.	quality - a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" caliber, calibre high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior low quality, inferiority - an inferior quality degree, level, grade - a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
	3.	quality - 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" lineament, character attribute, dimension, property - a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property" texture - the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life"
	4.	quality - (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" timbre, tone, timber sound property - an attribute of sound harmonic - any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental resonance - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities coloration, colouration, color, colour - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" nasality - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators plangency, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonance - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant stridence, stridency, shrillness - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
	5.	quality - high social status; "a man of quality" social rank, social station, social status, rank - position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
Adj.	1.	quality - of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" choice, prize, select, prime superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
	2.	quality - of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family" upper-class - occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society

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quality

noun

1. standard, standing, class, condition, value, rank, grade, merit, classification, calibre high quality paper and plywood

2. excellence, status, merit, position, value, worth, distinction, virtue, superiority, calibre, eminence, pre-eminence a college of quality

3. characteristic, feature, attribute, point, side, mark, property, aspect, streak, trait, facet, quirk, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy He wanted to introduce mature people with leadership qualities.

4. nature, character, constitution, make, sort, kind, worth, description, essence The pretentious quality of the poetry.

Translations

quality [ˈkwɒlɪtɪ]

A. N

1. (= standard, high standard) → calidad f
of good/high quality → de buena/alta calidad
of poor/low quality → de mala/baja calidad
a top-quality hotel → un hotel de primera calidad
the quality of life → la calidad de vida
he has real quality → tiene verdadera calidad
a product of quality → un producto de calidad
quality is more important than quantity → la calidad es más importante que la cantidad, lo que importa es la calidad, no la cantidad

2. (= personal attribute) → cualidad f
one of his good qualities → una de sus buenas cualidades
one of his bad qualities → uno de sus defectos
leadership qualities → cualidades fpl de líder

3. (= physical property) → propiedad f
the nutritional qualities of fruit → las propiedades nutritivas de la fruta

4. (= nature, character) → cualidad f
a childlike quality → una cualidad infantil

5. (= tone) [of sound, voice] → timbre m, tono m

6. the qualities (Brit) (Press) → la prensa seria, los periódicos serios

B. CPD [product, work] → de calidad; [newspaper] → serio
a quality carpet → una alfombra de calidad
quality control N → control m de calidad
the quality papers NPL → los periódicos serios
the quality press N → la prensa seria TABLOIDS AND BROADSHEETS quality time N tiempo dedicado a la familia y a los amigos
I need to spend some quality time with my children → necesito pasar tiempo disfrutando con mis hijos
if you don't spend quality time studying you won't learn very much → si no dedicas tiempo en serio a estudiar no aprenderás mucho

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quality [ˈkwɒlɪti]

n

(= standard) → qualité f
a good quality of life → une bonne qualité de vie
of good quality → de bonne qualité
of poor quality → de mauvaise qualité

(= high standard) → qualité f
In our work, quality is paramount → Dans notre travail, la qualité est primordiale.

(= attribute) → qualité f
She's got lots of good qualities → Elle a beaucoup de qualités.
one of the qualities of cork
BUT l'une des caractéristiques du liège.
leadership qualities → qualités fpl de chef

modif [car, fabrics, film, book, home, work, service, wine] → de qualité
good-quality ingredients → des ingrédients de bonne qualité quality newspaper
quality control n → contrôle m de qualité
quality controller n → contrôleur/euse m/f de la qualité
quality newspaper quality paper n → journal m sérieux
quality press n (British) the quality press → les journaux sérieux
quality time n
to spend quality time with sb → profiter le plus possible des moments passés avec qn
We don't see each other often, but we spend quality time together → Nous ne nous voyons pas souvent, mais nous profitons le plus possible de ces moments.

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quality

n

(= degree of goodness) → Qualität f; (Comm, categorized) → Güteklasse f, → Qualität f; (of justice, education etc) → (hoher) Stand; of the best quality → von bester Qualität; of good/poor quality → von guter/schlechter Qualität, qualitativ gut/schlecht; quality matters more than quantity → Qualität geht vor Quantität; they vary in quality → sie sind qualitativ verschieden; the excellent quality of her mind → ihr hervorragender Verstand; quality of life → Lebensqualität f; quality! (Brit inf: = great) → super gemacht! (inf)

(= characteristics: of person, thing) → Eigenschaft f; he has the quality of great patience → er hat viel or große Geduld, er ist sehr geduldig

(= nature) → Art f; because of the unique quality of the relationship → da es eine einzigartige Beziehung war

(of voice, sound) → Klangfarbe f; (Ling) → Qualität f; (of colour) → Farbqualität f

(old, hum, = high rank) → vornehmer Stand; the quality → die Oberschicht, die vornehme Welt; people of quality → Leute pl → von Rang und Namen; a lady of quality → eine vornehme Dame

the qualities (Brit: = newspapers) → die seriösen Zeitungen pl

attr

→ Qualitäts-; quality goods → Qualitätsware f; quality mark → Gütezeichen nt

(inf: = good) → erstklassig (inf); newspaper → angesehen, seriös; the quality press (Brit) → die seriöse Presse

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quality:

quality control

n → Qualitätskontrolle f

quality controller

n (Ind) → Qualitätskontrolleur(in) m(f)

quality management

n (Econ) → Qualitätsmanagement nt

quality time

n → intensiv genutzte Zeit; today I spent some quality with my children → heute habe ich mich einige Zeit den Kindern gewidmet

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quality [ˈkwɒlɪtɪ]

1. n → qualità f inv
of good quality → di buona qualità
of poor quality → scadente

2. adj → di qualità

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quality

n quality [ˈkwoləti]

1 the extent to which something has features which are good or bad etc, especially features which are good We produce several different qualities of paper; In this firm, we look for quality rather than quantity; (also adjective ) quality goods. gehalte, kwaliteit نَوْعِيَّه، جَوْدَه качество jakost(ní) kvalitet; kvalitets- die Qualität,Qualitäts-... ποιότητα calidad kvaliteet کیفیت laatu (de) qualité אֵיכוּת गुण kakvoća minőség mutu gæði qualità; di qualità 質 품질 kokybė, rūšis; kokybiškas kvalitāte; labums kualiti kwaliteit kvalitet, sort gatunek, jakość (de) calitate сорт; качество akosť; akostný kakovost kvalitet kvalitet คุณภาพ nitelik, kalite 品質 якість; ґатунок کسی شے کی خوبی کا درجہ chất lượng 质量

2 some (usually good) feature which makes a person or thing special or noticeable Kindness is a human quality which everyone admires. eienskap صِفَة مُمَيِّزَه، خاصَّه характерна черта vlastnost egenskab die Eigenschaft χαρακτηριστικό, αρετή cualidad väärtus خصیصه piirre qualité תְכונָה लक्षण osobina, svojstvo tulajdonság kualitas eiginleiki qualità 特質 특성 savybė īpašība sifat eigenschap (karakter)egenskap cecha, zaleta qualidade calitate качество vlastnosť lastnost osobina kvalitet, egenskap คุณลักษณะ nitelik, özellik, vasıf 特質 властивість; особливість نمایاں ، امتیازي خصوصیت phẩm chất 品质

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quality → جودة kvalita kvalitet Qualität ποιότητα calidad laatu qualité kvaliteta qualità 質 품질 kwaliteit kvalitet jakość qualidade качество kvalitet คุณภาพ kalite phẩm chất 质量