'First-rate' definitions:
Definition of 'first-rate'
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Definition of 'First-rate'
From: GCIDE
- First-rate \First"-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. --Jowett (Thucyd). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'First-rate'
From: GCIDE
- First-rate \First"-rate`\, n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'first-rate'
From: GCIDE
- first-rate \first-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]
Synonyms of 'first-rate'
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