high caliber
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4.4
- adjective
- /haɪ ˈkælɪbər/
- US
:
de alta calidad
- Not to mention their experience... in teaching students of a higher caliber.
- high-caliber staff
My priority is to serve the audience that I already have and to provide them with the highest caliber conversation and content that I possibly can.
- My priority is to serve the audience that I already have and to provide them with the highest caliber conversation and content that I possibly can.
- I mean, Bobby Sands was from Belfast, you know, Francis Hughes himself, Terry, every area produced very high calibre people, you know.
- But, you know, that's changing and I think it's only going to attract a higher caliber of athlete and who's who's approaching it, you know, not from.
- But they like, we better give this award to somebody of that highest caliber to make sure that the prize is fully funded with prestige going forward.
- What are you doing to put yourself around people like that who are of higher caliber, right?
- I could focus on getting more qualified people and higher calibre people because I had a Better Business proposition.
Examples
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I've been waiting to meet someone of your high caliber.
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Nearly all of the interviewees in this case gave credit to the high caliber of staff employed by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe.
Academic text (2007) -
What are you doing to put yourself around people like that who are of higher caliber, right?
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Books, journals, and other resources must be nothing less than high-caliber, published material.
Academic text (2007) -
Attempt to retain staff identified as high-caliber.
Academic text (2008) -
We should step up efforts to attract investment, technology, and high-caliber professionals from overseas.
Blog text (13) -
My priority is to serve the audience that I already have and to provide them with the highest caliber conversation and content that I possibly can.
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The Claremont Institute also presents papers of high caliber.
Academic text (2001) -
We are very pleased to have an industry veteran of such high caliber join our team here at Alliqua.
Blog text (32) -
David is a performer of high caliber who consistently impresses his audience.
Synonyms
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3.4
Very high in quality and among the best in the world
77
7.5
Very good and impressive at a skill
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2.7
Very good and done with care
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3.6
Of the highest quality and better than most similar things
27
3.5
Made well so it lasts a long time
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2.6
Something that is very good and lasts a long time
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4.4
Very high quality and among the best
9
3.9
Of very good quality for important uses
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3.8
Very high quality and lasts a long time
3
3.7
Of the highest quality, better than others like it
Antonyms
How Good
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'caliber' denotes quality or ability and the adjective 'high' simply intensifies that quality, yielding 'of superior quality or ability'. This adjective + noun intensifier pattern is common and therefore a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
High caliber may come from old guns. In guns, caliber is the size of the barrel and the bullet, and a 'high' caliber meant a larger, more powerful shot, so people used that image to describe something 'of superior quality'.