Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Foremost in quality, rank, or importance.
- adv. Informal Very well; excellently.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of the first class or rate; especially, of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality or estimation.
- n. Something rated among the first or in the first class; specifically, a war-ship of the first or most powerful rating or class.
Wiktionary
- n. military, nautical, historical A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks
- adj. military, nautical, historical Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks
- adj. by extension Exceptionally good
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation.
- n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.
- adj. of the highest quality.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. quite well
- adj. of the highest quality
Examples
“No country has achieved first-rate health care, or strong transportation infrastructure, or pioneering scientific research without the help of government.”
“Today, older Americans do have independent lives and first-rate medical care.”
“He is a first-rate composer, whether writing for the movie screen or his own quintet or, better yet, some combination of both.”
“Aficionados may guess the killer early on, but the first-rate characters and chilling story are entrancing from start to finish.”
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“All of this may sound dry, but Ms. Hvistendahl is a first-rate reporter and has filled "Unnatural Selection" with gripping details.”
“A first-rate reporter in his day, Waldman covers an enormous amount of ground, despite the fact the final product is pared down from the scope of the intended report.”
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“Although Venice nurtured many first-rate artists, Canaletto is Venice.”
“Every other aspect of this production is first-rate, from the fabulous three-piece onstage band to Donyale Werle 's set, which turns the living room of the Hermitage, Jackson' s Tennessee mansion, into a duplicate of a downtown club.”
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