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Our words caliber and calibrate might trace back to Medieval Latin phrase qua libra, meaning "of what weight."
"Caliber" traces back through French to Arabic or Latin. (We're not sure which one.)
Part of speech:
Although it's common to use "caliber" to talk literally about weapons, we'll focus instead on the metaphorical kind of caliber.
"Bobby won his first two games but as the tournament wore on he lost to some players and drew with several others well below his caliber."
Explain the meaning of "caliber" without saying "quality" or "worth."
Fill in the blanks: "(Athletes, writers, musicians, chess players, or some other type of skilled people) of a certain caliber have always been (drawn to, fascinated by, or interested in) (something)."
Try to spend 20 seconds or more on the game below. Don’t skip straight to the review—first, let your working memory empty out.
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The precise opposite of HIGH-CALIBER is LOW-CALIBER, but some pretty close opposites of HIGH-CALIBER are
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