qual·i·ty (kw l  -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. [Middle English qualite, from Old French, from Latin qu  lits, qulitt-, from qulis, of what kind; see kwo- 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. |
quality
Noun
pl -ties
1. degree or standard of excellence
2. a distinguishing characteristic or attribute
3. the basic character or nature of something
4. a feature of personality
5. (formerly) high social status
Adjective
excellent or superior: a quality product [Latin qualis of what sort]
Quality people of good social position, 1693; actors as a body, 1603.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeareattribute - 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" 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" 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" high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior low quality, inferiority - an inferior quality | |
| 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" 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"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 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"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 |
quality
noun 2. excellence, status, merit, position, value, worth, distinction, virtue, superiority, calibre, eminence, pre-eminence
noun 3. characteristic, feature, attribute, point, side, mark, property, aspect, streak, trait, facet, quirk, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy
Translations
quality [ˈkwɔlɪtɪ] n → Qualität f;
(characteristic) → Eigenschaft f
cpd → Qualitäts-;
of good/poor quality → von guter/schlechter Qualität;
quality of life → Lebensqualität f
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 질, 품질 kokybė, rūšis; kokybiškas kvalitāte; labums kualiti kwaliteit kvalitet, sort gatunek, jakość (de) calitate сорт; качество akosť; akostný kakovost kvalitet kvalitet คุณภาพ nitelik, kalite 質量 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, 특색 savybė īpašība sifat eigenschap (karakter)egenskap cecha, zaleta qualidade calitate качество vlastnosť lastnost osobina kvalitet, egenskap คุณลักษณะ nitelik, özellik, vasıf 品質 властивість; особливість نمایاں ، امتیازي خصوصیت phẩm chất 品质
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