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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: First-rate \First"-rate`\, a. Of the highest excellence; pre["e]minent 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). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: First-rate \First"-rate`\, n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: first-rate adj : (informal) of the highest quality; "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" [syn: {ace}, {A-one}, {crack}, {super}, {tiptop}, {topnotch}, {tops(p)}] adv : quite well "she doesn't feel first-rate today" [syn: {very well}]
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