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{
"term": "quality",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the standard of something when it is compared to other things like it; how good or bad something is",
"sensetop": "of… qualityin quality",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Improving the quality** of care for nursing home residents is a priority."
},
{
"text": "When costs are cut product quality suffers."
},
{
"text": "The soil here is of **poor quality**.",
"contextForm": "of… quality"
},
{
"text": "The food is fresh and of **good quality**."
},
{
"text": "His goal was of **top quality**."
},
{
"text": "goods of a **high quality**"
},
{
"text": "**high-quality** goods"
},
{
"text": "a decline in water quality",
"contextForm": "in quality"
},
{
"text": "We have seen a marked **improvement in the quality** of service provided."
},
{
"text": "The technique is used to enhance the quality of photographs."
},
{
"text": "Budget cuts are affecting the quality of education for some students."
},
{
"text": "All our cakes are made with top-quality ingredients."
},
{
"text": "Use the highest-quality ingredients you can find."
},
{
"text": "The photos are of variable quality."
},
{
"text": "Most of the goods on offer are of very poor quality."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["excellent", "exceptional", "good"],
"verb + quality": ["maintain", "enhance", "improve"],
"quality + verb": ["vary", "improve", "go down"],
"quality + noun": ["control", "assurance", "standards"],
"preposition": ["of…quality"],
"phrases": ["quality of life"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a high standard",
"sensetop": "of quality",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We aim to provide quality at reasonable prices."
},
{
"text": "They need to decrease costs while maintaining quality."
},
{
"text": "contemporary writers of quality",
"contextForm": "of quality"
},
{
"text": "Get it right, even if it takes time; it's quality not quantity that matters."
},
{
"text": "We offer unbeatable performance and quality in all our products."
},
{
"text": "How can we increase production without sacrificing quality?"
}
],
"synonyms": "excellence",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["excellent", "exceptional", "good"],
"verb + quality": ["maintain", "enhance", "improve"],
"quality + verb": ["vary", "improve", "go down"],
"quality + noun": ["control", "assurance", "standards"],
"preposition": ["of…quality"],
"phrases": ["quality of life"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a thing that is part of a person’s character, especially something good",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**personal qualities** such as honesty and generosity"
},
{
"text": "to have **leadership qualities**"
},
{
"text": "She has all the qualities of a good teacher."
},
{
"text": "It's hard to find people with the right qualities for the job."
},
{
"text": "He has a lot of good qualities."
},
{
"text": "He showed great energy and leadership qualities."
},
{
"text": "I found him thoroughly unpleasant, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["admirable", "desirable", "endearing"],
"verb + quality": ["have", "possess", "display"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a feature of somebody/something, especially one that makes them different from somebody/something else",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the special quality of light and shade in her paintings"
},
{
"text": "His voice has a rich, melodic quality."
},
{
"text": "The ancient city of Assisi has a wonderful magical quality."
},
{
"text": "The music gives the movie a dreamlike quality."
},
{
"text": "They have real star quality."
},
{
"text": "a singer with that elusive quality that makes a superstar"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["admirable", "desirable", "endearing"],
"verb + quality": ["have", "possess", "display"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a newspaper that deals seriously with issues and has a high standard of editing and comment",
"labels": "more frequent(British English)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwɒləti/",
"audio": "qu/quality/quality__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwɑːləti/",
"audio": "qu/quality/quality__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘character, disposition’ and ‘particular property or feature’): from Old French qualite, from Latin qualitas (translating Greek poiotēs), from qualis ‘of what kind, of such a kind’."
}