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    CALIBRE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A degree or grade of excellence or worthplay

    Example:

    an executive of low caliber

    Synonyms:

    caliber; calibre; quality

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("calibre" 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 "calibre"):

    high quality; superiority (the quality of being superior)

    inferiority; low quality (an inferior quality)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Diameter of a tube or gun barrelplay

    Synonyms:

    bore; caliber; calibre; gauge

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("calibre" 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)

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