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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•i•ber /ˈkæləbɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Military the measurement of the inside width of the barrel of a gun:[countable]a.50-caliber machine gun.
- the degree of how good something is:[uncountable]work of the highest caliber.
Also, esp. Brit., ˈcal•i•bre. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•i•ber (kal′ə bər),USA pronunciation n. - Weights and Measuresthe diameter of something of circular section, esp. that of the inside of a tube:a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- Military[Ordn.]the diameter of the bore of a gun taken as a unit of measurement.
- degree of capacity or competence;
ability:a mathematician of high caliber. - degree of merit or excellence* quality:the high moral caliber of the era.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] cal′i•bre. - Greek kālápous shoe last, equivalent. to kāla- combining form of kâlon wood + poús foot (see -pod)
- Middle French Arabic qālib mold, last
- variant of calibre 1560–70
[esp. Brit.,] cal′i•bred, adj. - 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged worth, distinction.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: calibre, US caliber /ˈkælɪbə/ n - the diameter of a cylindrical body, esp the internal diameter of a tube or the bore of a firearm
- the diameter of a shell or bullet
- ability; distinction
- personal character: a man of high calibre
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French, from Italian calibro, from Arabic qālib shoemaker's last, mouldˈcalibred, US ˈcalibered adj |