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calibre

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cal·i·bre  (kl-br)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of caliber.

calibre US, caliber [ˈkælɪbə]
n
1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the diameter of a cylindrical body, esp the internal diameter of a tube or the bore of a firearm
2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the diameter of a shell or bullet
3. ability; distinction a musician of high calibre
4. personal character a man of high calibre
[from Old French, from Italian calibro, from Arabic qālib shoemaker's last, mould]
calibred  US, calibered adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.calibre - a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
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"
2.calibre - diameter of a tube or gun barrel
diam, diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference

calibre U.S. caliber
noun
1. worth, quality, ability, talent, gifts, capacity, merit, distinction, faculty, endowment, stature I was impressed by the high calibre of the candidates.
2. standard, level, quality, grade The calibre of the teaching here is very high.
3. diameter, bore, gauge, measure Next morning she was arrested and a .44 calibre revolver was found in her possession.
Translations
calibre caliber (US) [ˈkælɪbəʳ] N
1. [of rifle] → calibre m
2. [of person] → calibre m, talla f
a man of his calibreun hombre de su calibre or talla
then he showed his real calibreluego demostró su verdadero valor or su verdadera talla
the high calibre of the research staffel alto nivel de los investigadores

calibre [ˈkælɪr] (British) caliber (US) n
(= quality) [person] → calibre m
[gun] → calibre m

calibre, (US) caliber
n (lit)Kaliber nt; (fig also)Format nt; a man of his calibreein Mann seines Kalibers, ein Mann von seinem Format

calibre caliber (Am) [ˈkælɪbəʳ] n (also) (fig) → calibro
calibre caliber (Am) [ˈkælɪbəʳ] n (also) (fig) → calibro

calibre
n calibre [ˈkӕlibə]
1 the inner diameter of a gun barrel etc. deursnee قُطْر ماسورَةِ البُنْدُقِيَّه калибър ráže kaliber das Kaliber διαμέτρημα calibre kaliiber, läbimõõt کالیبر؛ قطر داخلی لولۀ تفنگ kaliiperi calibre קָלִיבֵּר, קוֹטֶר פְּנִימִי बन्दुक या नली का व्यास kalibar, promjer cijevi kaliber, átmérő kaliber hlaupvídd calibro 口径 내경(內徑) kalibras kalibrs saiz pistol/senapang kaliber kaliber kaliber calibre calibru калибр kaliber kaliber kalibar kaliber ขนาดลำกล้องของปืน çap 口徑 калібр بندوق کی نالی کا اندرونی حصہ cỡ nòng
2 (of a person) quality of character; ability a salesman of extremely high calibre. stoffasie مَكانَةُ شَخْص أو أهَمِّيَّتُه величина formát format das Format ικανότητα, ολκή calibre kaliiber, võimed کارایی؛ لیاقت taso, kyky calibre שִׁעוּר קוֹמָה किसी व्यक्ति की क्षमता svojstvo, osobina képesség, kaliber mutu hæfileikar calibro, valore 器量 수완 sugebėjimai vēriens kaliber kaliber integritet, kaliber; dyktighet miara qualidade valoare калибр formát sposobnost kov kaliber ความสามารถ yetenek, nitelik, meziyet 能力 вага, значність قابلیت، قوتِ دماغ ، ذہانت năng lực


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I see no reason to doubt its average power, mademoiselle, but really I scarcely know her, and have not had time to study the calibre of her capacity.
But most astonishing was the quantity of ammunition-cartridges for Lee-Metfords, for Winchesters and Marlins, for revolvers from thirty-two calibre to forty-five, shot- gun cartridges, Joan's two boxes of thirty-eight, cartridges of prodigious bore for the ancient Sniders of Malaita, flasks of black powder, sticks of dynamite, yards of fuse, and boxes of detonators.
Pocket-handkerchiefs of OUR calibre would be thought decidedly aristocratic; and aristocracy in Paris, just at that moment, was almost in as bad odor as it is in America, where it ranks as an eighth deadly sin, though no one seems to know precisely what it means.
 
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