{
    "term": "quality",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the standard of something when it is compared to other things like it; how good or bad something is",
            "sensetop": "of… qualityin quality",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Improving the quality** of care for nursing home residents is a priority."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When costs are cut product quality suffers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soil here is of **poor quality**.",
                    "contextForm": "of… quality"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The food is fresh and of **good quality**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His goal was of **top quality**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "goods of a **high quality**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**high-quality** goods"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a decline in water quality",
                    "contextForm": "in quality"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have seen a marked **improvement in the quality** of service provided."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The technique is used to enhance the quality of photographs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Budget cuts are affecting the quality of education for some students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All our cakes are made with top-quality ingredients."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Use the highest-quality ingredients you can find."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The photos are of variable quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the goods on offer are of very poor quality."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["excellent", "exceptional", "good"],
                "verb + quality": ["maintain", "enhance", "improve"],
                "quality + verb": ["vary", "improve", "go down"],
                "quality + noun": ["control", "assurance", "standards"],
                "preposition": ["of…quality"],
                "phrases": ["quality of life"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a high standard",
            "sensetop": "of quality",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We aim to provide quality at reasonable prices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They need to decrease costs while maintaining quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "contemporary writers of quality",
                    "contextForm": "of quality"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Get it right, even if it takes time; it's quality not quantity that matters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We offer unbeatable performance and quality in all our products."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How can we increase production without sacrificing quality?"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "excellence",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["excellent", "exceptional", "good"],
                "verb + quality": ["maintain", "enhance", "improve"],
                "quality + verb": ["vary", "improve", "go down"],
                "quality + noun": ["control", "assurance", "standards"],
                "preposition": ["of…quality"],
                "phrases": ["quality of life"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a thing that is part of a person’s character, especially something good",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**personal qualities** such as honesty and generosity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to have **leadership qualities**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has all the qualities of a good teacher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's hard to find people with the right qualities for the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a lot of good qualities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He showed great energy and leadership qualities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found him thoroughly unpleasant, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["admirable", "desirable", "endearing"],
                "verb + quality": ["have", "possess", "display"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a feature of somebody/something, especially one that makes them different from somebody/something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the special quality of light and shade in her paintings"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His voice has a rich, melodic quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ancient city of Assisi has a wonderful magical quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The music gives the movie a dreamlike quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have real star quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a singer with that elusive quality that makes a superstar"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["admirable", "desirable", "endearing"],
                "verb + quality": ["have", "possess", "display"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a newspaper that deals seriously with issues and has a high standard of editing and comment",
            "labels": "more frequent(British English)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkwɒləti/",
                "audio": "qu/quality/quality__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkwɑːləti/",
                "audio": "qu/quality/quality__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘character, disposition’ and ‘particular property or feature’): from Old French qualite, from Latin qualitas (translating Greek poiotēs), from qualis ‘of what kind, of such a kind’."
}