/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/
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Translation
How good or how bad something is.
Word origin
From Latin qualitas, a word made by Cicero from qualis meaning of what kind.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- qualitas
- English cognates
- qualify
Grammar
Gender
Pluralqualities
Examples
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"Quality" tells you how good something is.
These , .
Here "quality" is low, so the shoes are bad.
Kindness .
The plural "qualities" can mean the good parts of a person.
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