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English Dictionary: first-rate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for first-rate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
first-rate adv quite well; "she doesn't feel first-rate today" [syn: first-rate, very well] adj 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" Synonym(s): ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
First-rate \First"-rate`\, a. Of the highest excellence; pre[89]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.