caliber
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈkælɪbər/
- US
:
calidad
- Books, journals, and other resources must be nothing less than high-caliber, published material.
- high caliber
- professional caliber
- attract the right caliber
Though I would argue Celine is in another caliber.
- Though I would argue Celine is in another caliber.
- Like they, the, they're, they had an NFL caliber team.
- They said your verses are truly sophomoric and not of the caliber our program demands.
- And it's really the kind of caliber of work that web designers aspire to have.
- That is better than just doing what most other stories of this caliber would do.
- Well, it's been, I've watched over your shows and certainly impressed with the caliber of folks that you've had on.
- On the one hand, you know, we we don't, we are not surrounded by people of of Lincoln's caliber right now.
- They will be low on the calibre of good golfers.
Examples
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Earning this spot was an especially high honor considering the caliber of musicians who are typically selected.
Academic text (2015) -
Marine Band officials praised the caliber of musicians in the inaugural competition.
Academic text (2008) -
And it was just incredible thing to be able to sit at a table with people of that caliber and then watch a process.
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We got players on this team - of Major League caliber.
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We have to have a hard discussion about the caliber of people we are surrounding ourselves with.
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Only chefs of the highest caliber can make it.
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I also began to get excellent graduate students of the caliber of Sidney Moon, and they started offering the course off-campus.
Academic text (2004) -
Earning this spot was an especially high honor considering the caliber of musicians who are typically selected.
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We have to have a hard discussion about the caliber of people we are surrounding ourselves with.
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The caliber of her achievements in science has inspired many young students.
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2.6
Something that is very good and lasts a long time
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Etymology
Caliber also came to mean 'level' or 'quality' because it started as a way to 'measure' size, just like a caliper, a measuring tool. So when we say someone is of high caliber, we mean they 'measure' up to a high standard.