Definition of QUALITY

quality

Plural: qualities

Noun

  • A distinguishing characteristic or property of something.
  • an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; --Shakespeare
    • "the quality of mercy is not strained"
  • a degree or grade of excellence or worth
    • "the quality of students has risen"
  • a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
    • "each town has a quality all its own"
  • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  • high social status
    • "a man of quality"
  • Level of excellence.
  • Something that differentiates a thing or person.
  • Position; status; rank.
  • High social position. (See also the quality.)
  • The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from faults and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
  • In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
  • The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
  • A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.

Adjective Satellite

  • of superior grade
    • "quality paper"
  • of high social status
    • "people of quality"
    • "a quality family"

Adj

  • (attributive) Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.

Examples

  • A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.
  • A quality system ensures products meet customer requirements.
  • Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth.
  • One of the qualities of pure iron is that it does not rust easily.
  • Quality of life is usually determined by health, education, and income.
  • Security, stability, and efficiency are good qualities of an operating system.
  • That was a quality game by Jim Smith.
  • The quality of his Scrabble plays consistently impressed his opponents.
  • This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.
  • To identify quality try asking, "what does it feel like?".
  • We only sell quality products.
  • While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English qualite, from Old French qualité, from Latin quālitās, quālitātem, from quālis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ποιότης (poiótēs, “quality”), coined by Plato from ποῖος (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”).

Scrabble Score: 19

quality: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
quality: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quality: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

quality: valid Words With Friends Word