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quality noun (qualities) 1 the degree or extent of excellence of something. 2 a general excellence; high standard • articles of consistent quality; b as adj being of or exhibiting a high quality or standard • the quality newspapers. 3 a a distinctive or distinguishing talent or attribute, etc; b the basic nature of something. 4 a music the distinctive timbre that a voice or other sound has; b phonetics the distinctive character of a sound with regard to the various possible positions of the articulators. 5 old use high social status • families of quality.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French qualité, from Latin qualis of what kind.