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CALIBER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A degree or grade of excellence or worth

Example:

an executive of low caliber

Synonyms:

caliber; calibre; quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("caliber" is a kind of...):

degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)

Attribute:

superior (of high or superior quality or performance)

inferior (of low or inferior quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caliber"):

high quality; superiority (the quality of being superior)

inferiority; low quality (an inferior quality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Diameter of a tube or gun barrel

Synonyms:

bore; caliber; calibre; gauge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("caliber" is a kind of...):

diam; diameter (the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference)

Derivation:

calibrate (measure the caliber of)

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