quality
noun
us
/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/ uk
/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/quality noun (STANDARD)
B1 [ C or U ]
how good or bad something is:
a store advertising top quality electrical goods
Their products are of very high quality.
The quality of the picture on our television isn't very good.
- badThe food wasn’t as bad as I’d expected.
- poorTheir efforts produced extremely poor results.
- low/poor/bad qualityTheir sausages are made with low-quality meat.
- mediocreThe receiver has been benched after a mediocre performance on the field.
- inferiorThe copies are of inferior quality.
- goodBuy a really good foundation and cultivate a healthy glow.
- good/high qualityWe have a real commitment to high-quality ingredients.
- qualityWe are working hard to produce a quality product.
- fineThey have a well-stocked cellar full of fine wines.
- superiorThe food and service here are superior to any other restaurant in the city.
- What the problem comes down to is 'Will the consumer be willing to pay more for a higher quality product?'
- Is there any significant difference in quality between these two items?
- Price alone is not a reliable indicator of quality.
- Poor quality is the unacceptable face of increased productivity.
- These improvements in quality are the first fruits of our investment.
- acid test
- bar
- benchmark
- build
- build quality
- cachet
- class
- distinction
- five-star
- gilt-edged
- ideal
- level
- litmus test
- quality control
- random sampling
- rate
- set the bar high/low idiom
- starred
- status
- sub-level
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quality noun (CHARACTERISTIC)
B2 [ C ]
a characteristic or feature of someone or something:
leadership qualities
He has a lot of good qualities but being organized isn't one of them.
[ + to infinitive ] I don't think he has the right qualities to be a teacher.
- Her singing voice has a pure, crystalline quality.
- There's a dreamlike quality to the final stages of the film.
- Her voice had an extraordinary hypnotic quality.
- Her beauty had an incandescent quality to it.
- Cyril's most impressive quality was his innate goodness.
- -hearted
- -heartedly
- -heartedness
- alexithymia
- allism
- allistic
- alter ego
- ambivert
- Asperger's syndrome
- gender identity
- gestaltist
- jib
- neurotypical
- neurotypicality
- noddle
- noetic
- noggin
- psychoanalysis
- psychoanalytic
- subconscious
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quality
adjective
us
/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/ uk
/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/B1 [ before noun ]
of a high standard:
This is a quality product.
- goodBuy a really good foundation and cultivate a healthy glow.
- good/high qualityWe have a real commitment to high-quality ingredients.
- qualityWe are working hard to produce a quality product.
- fineThey have a well-stocked cellar full of fine wines.
- superiorThe food and service here are superior to any other restaurant in the city.
- admirable
- amazing
- amazingly
- ask for someone
- award-winning
- first-rate
- five-star
- gold-plated
- gourmet
- greatness
- have no parallel phrase
- par excellence
- shining
- soar
- sock
- splendid
- splendidly
- stellar
- stupendously
- wonderfully
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