first-rate Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite of the highest quality
ace; tops; topnotch; A-one; top-notch; crack; tiptop; super.
- 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
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adverb quite well
very well.
- she doesn't feel first-rate today
WordNet
First"-rate` adjective
Definitions
Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold.
Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett (Thucyd).
First"-rate` noun
Definitions
(Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.