first-rate quality
1first-rate — ˌfirst ˈrate adjective excellent or of the very best quality: • Our sales force receive first rate training. • Service at the hotel is first rate, and the rates are very reasonable. * * * first rate UK US /ˌfɜːstˈreɪt/ adjective ► of the highest… …
2First-rate — (f[ e]rst r[=a]t ), a. Of the highest excellence; pre[ e]minent in quality, size, or estimation. [1913 Webster] Our only first rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Hermocrates . . . a man of first rate ability …
3first-rate — adj. 1. of the highest quality; as, a first rate reporter. Syn: ace, A one, first class, super, tip top, topnotch, tops(predicate). [WordNet 1.5] …
4first-rate — adjective of the highest quality: The service is first rate. He s doing a first rate job …
5first-rate — adj of the very best quality = ↑excellent ▪ He s a first rate surgeon …
6first-rate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of the best class, quality, or condition; excellent …
7first-rate — [fʉrst′rāt′] adj. [orig. applied to the highest of the rates, or classes, of warships] of the highest class, rank, or quality; very good; excellent adv. Informal very well …
8first-rate — also first rate ADJ (approval) If you say that something or someone is first rate, you mean that they are extremely good and of the highest quality. People who used his service knew they were dealing with a first rate professional. Syn: first… …
9first-rate — adjective they have done a first rate job Syn: top quality, high quality, top grade, first class, second to none, fine; superlative, excellent, superb, outstanding, exceptional, exemplary, marvelous, magnificent, splendid; informal top notch,… …
10first-rate — UK / US adjective of the highest quality The service is first rate. He s doing a first rate job …