FIRST-RATE
\fˈɜːstɹˈe͡ɪt], \fˈɜːstɹˈeɪt], \f_ˈɜː_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of FIRST-RATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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quite well; "she doesn't feel first-rate today"
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of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"
By Princeton University
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Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation.
By Oddity Software
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Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation.
By Noah Webster.
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Of the highest excellence.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or esteem.
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A ship of war of the first class.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Of the highest excellence; of the greatest size, as a man-of-war; first floor, that above the ground floor; first-fruits, the earliest mature fruits or produce of the earth; the first profits; first or earliest effects or results, used in a good or bad sense; at first, at the beginning; first-hand, directly; immediately; new, as opposed to second-hand; first and last, throughout; on an average; first or last, at one time or other.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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