First-rate
1First-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… …
2first-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… …
3First-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 …
4first-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] …
5first-rate — adjective of the highest quality: The service is first rate. He s doing a first rate job …
6First-rate — n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. [1913 Webster] …
7first-rate — adj of the very best quality = ↑excellent ▪ He s a first rate surgeon …
8first-rate — index best, meritorious, preferential, premium, prime (most valuable), select, superior (excellent) …
9first-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… …
10first-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 > …
