[ˈkalɪbə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the quality of someone's character or the level of their ability
(e.g: they could ill afford to lose a man of his calibre)

- the internal diameter or bore of a gun barrel
(e.g: a small-calibre revolver)


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘social standing or importance’): from French, from Italian calibro, perhaps from Arabic qālib ‘mould’, based on Greek kalapous ‘shoemaker's last’