- first-rate
- first-rate first-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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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First-rate — was the designation used by the Royal Navy for its largest ships of the line, those mounting 100 guns or more on three gundecks. [Bennett The Battle of Trafalgar , p. 19] First rate vessels carried over 800 crew and displaced in excess of 2,000… … Wikipedia
first-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… … Financial and business terms
First-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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
first-rate — adjective of the highest quality: The service is first rate. He s doing a first rate job … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
First-rate — n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
first-rate — adj of the very best quality = ↑excellent ▪ He s a first rate surgeon … Dictionary of contemporary English
first-rate — index best, meritorious, preferential, premium, prime (most valuable), select, superior (excellent) … Law dictionary
first-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… … English dictionary
first-rate — I. adjective Date: 1671 of the first order of size, importance, or quality • first rateness noun • first rater noun II. adverb Date: 1844 very well < is getting along first rate, now Mark Twain > … New Collegiate Dictionary
First-rate — 1er rang 1er rang (first rate) est, entre le milieu du XVIIe siècle et le milieu du XIXe siècle, une dénomination utilisée par la Royal Navy pour classer un navires de guerre à voile ayant comme caractéristique principale un nombre de… … Wikipédia en Français
