quality Definition

quality
noun qualities

1. The degree or extent of excellence of something.
2a. General excellence; high standard;

Example: articles of consistent quality
Thesaurus: excellence, merit, worth, value, calibre, standing, importance.
2b. Being of or exhibiting a high quality or standard.

Example: the quality newspapers
3a. A distinctive or distinguishing talent or attribute, etc;

Thesaurus: characteristic, trait, feature, aspect, attribute, property, peculiarity, distinction.
3b. The basic nature of something.
4a. music.
The distinctive timbre that a voice or other sound has;
4b. phonetics.
The distinctive character of a sound with regard to the various possible positions of the articulators.
5. old use
High social status.
Example: families of quality

Etymology: 13c: from French qualité, from Latin qualis of what kind.