(qualities)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of something is how good or bad it is.
Everyone can greatly improve the ~ of life...
Other services vary dramatically in ~.
...high ~ paper and plywood.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
2.
Something of ~ is of a high standard.
...a college of ~...
In our work, ~ is paramount.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft N n
3.
Someone’s qualities are the good characteristics that they have which are part of their nature.
He wanted to introduce mature people with leadership qualities...
N-COUNT: usu pl, usu supp N
4.
You can describe a particular characteristic of a person or thing as a ~.
...a childlike ~.
...the pretentious ~ of the poetry...
N-COUNT: oft adj N
5.
The ~ papers or the ~ press are the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society. (BRIT)
Even the ~ papers agreed that it was a triumph.
ADJ: ADJ n