noun · neutral

quality

UK/ˈkwɒlɪti/US/ˈkwɑːlɪti/QUAL·i·ty

Band 5-6task2speaking

how good or bad something is

Examples

Customers often judge a brand by the quality of its products.

There are concerns about the quality of water in the area.

Quality education should be available to everyone.

Band 8 sentence

Investing in teacher training is one of the most effective ways to improve the overall quality of education.

Collocations

  • high quality
  • quality of life
  • maintain quality

Word family

quality nounqualitative adjectivequalify verb

Common mistakes

We need to improve the quality of foods.We need to improve the quality of food.

This is a high qualified product.This is a high-quality product.

Say it for a higher band

5standard6calibre7+quality

Synonyms

standard

calibre

Easily confused

quantity

The quantity of food provided was sufficient, but the quality was poor.

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