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quality
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old French qualité, from Latin qu?lit?tem, accusative of qu?lit?s, from qu?lis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?o- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ??????? (poiót?s, “quality”), coined by Plato from ????? (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kw?l?ti/
- (UK, obsolete) IPA(key): /?kwæl?ti/, /?kwæl?t?/
- (US, father-bother merger, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?kw?l?ti/, [?k?w????i]
Noun
quality (countable and uncountable, plural qualities)
- (uncountable) Level of excellence.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- He called for China’s cooperation in efforts to improve air quality.
- He called for China’s cooperation in efforts to improve air quality.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (countable) A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person.
- (archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)
- (uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
- (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
- (emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
- (countable, Britain, journalism) A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
- 1998, Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach, Contemporary British Politics (page 164)
- It is argued that in the last ten years or so, quality broadsheet newspapers have become more like the tabloids. Anthony Sampson has argued that 'the frontier between the qualities and popular papers has virtually disappeared'.
- 1998, Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach, Contemporary British Politics (page 164)
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "quality": high, good, excellent, exceptional, great, outstanding, satisfactory, acceptable, sufficient, adequate, poor, low, bad, inferior, dubious, environmental, visual, optical, industrial, total, artistic, educational, physical, musical, chemical, spiritual, intellectual, architectural, mechanical.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:characteristic
Hyponyms
- human quality
- industrial quality
Coordinate terms
- (a property that differentiates): quiddity
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
quality (comparative more quality, superlative most quality)
- Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose.
Derived terms
- qualityness
Related terms
- qualia
- qualitative
Translations
References
- Quality (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- quality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- quality at OneLook Dictionary Search
quality From the web:
- what quality makes the stitching symbolic
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- what quality is notable about the stratum corneum
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handicraft
English
Etymology
For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hænd?k?æft/, /?hænd?k???ft/
Noun
handicraft (countable and uncountable, plural handicrafts)
- A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Joseph Addison to this entry?)
- An artifact produced by handicraft.
- (rare, obsolete) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
- 1672, John Dryden, The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery
- the Handicrafts-Shops begin to open
- 1672, John Dryden, The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery
Synonyms
- handcraft
Derived terms
- handicrafted
- handicrafting
Translations
handicraft From the web:
- what handicraft making is famous in bohol
- what handicraft can you do
- what handicraft is famous in bohol
- what handicraft making is famous
- what handicrafts sell best
- what handicraft can i do
- what is handicraft and examples
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