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first-rate
[furst-reyt] 
–adjective
| 1. | excellent; superb. |
| 2. | of the highest rank, rate, or class. |
–adverb
| 3. | very well. |
Origin:
1660–70
1660–70
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| first-rate (fûrst'rāt') adj. Foremost in quality, rank, or importance. adv. Informal Very well; excellently. |
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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).First-rate
First"-rate`\, n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.
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Language Translation for : first-rate
Spanish:
estupendo,
German:
ausgezeichnet,
Japanese:
一流の
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