Caliber Meaning in English

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التعريف

Caliber refers to the quality or level of ability of a person or thing. It also means the inside diameter of a gun barrel or the diameter of a bullet.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Used both literally (technical/mechanical context: bullets and weapons) and figuratively (quality, skill, status). Common collocations: 'high-caliber', 'of this caliber', 'a man of caliber'. Not to be confused with 'caliper' (measuring tool).

• Spanish: calibre - nivel (persona)
• Portuguese (BR): calibre - nível (pessoa)
• Portuguese (PT): calibre - nível (pessoa)
• Chinese (Simplified): 口径 - 能力水平
• Chinese (Traditional): 口徑 - 能力水平
• Hindi: कैलिबर (गोलियों का) - स्तर (व्यक्ति की गुणवत्ता)
• Arabic: عيار (سلاح) - مستوى (جودة الشخص أو الشيء)
• Bengali: যোগ্যতা - ক্যালিবার (বন্দুকের ব্যাস)
• Russian: калибр - уровень (качества, способностей)
• Japanese: 力量（りきりょう） - 能力（のうりょく） - 口径（こうけい）
• Vietnamese: trình độ - cỡ nòng (súng)
• Korean: 역량 - 자질 - 구경(총알의 지름)
• Turkish: kalibre - nitelik
• Urdu: صلاحیت - قطر (بندوق کی نالی کا)
• Indonesian: kaliber - kualitas

جمل نموذجية

She is a doctor of the highest caliber.

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The police found a gun with a small caliber.

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Our company only hires people of great caliber.

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I've never met a teacher of his caliber before.

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This team simply lacks players of world-class caliber.

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We're looking for someone of your caliber to lead this project.

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