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CALIBRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A degree or grade of excellence or worth
Example:
an executive of low caliber
Synonyms:
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 barrel
Synonyms:
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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