calibre (redirected from calibres)

cal·i·bre  (kl-br)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of caliber.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	calibre - a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" caliber, quality 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 caliber, bore, gauge diam, diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference

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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 calibre → un hombre de su calibre or talla
then he showed his real calibre → luego demostró su verdadero valor or su verdadera talla
the high calibre of the research staff → el alto nivel de los investigadores

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calibre [ˈkælɪbə^r] (British) caliber (US) n

(= quality) [person] → calibre m

[gun] → calibre m

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calibre, (US) caliber

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

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

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

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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 iç çap 口徑 калібр بندوق کی نالی کا اندرونی حصہ cỡ nòng 口径

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 能力