calibre — meaning in English

English meaning

• bore verb To make someone feel uninterested and tired through dullness.
• caliber noun The internal diameter of a gun barrel, or the diameter of a bullet.
• gauge verb To measure something precisely, especially using a dedicated instrument.

Senses

calibre is used for these senses in English:

• bore The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
• gauge (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

bore — full definition

1. verb To make someone feel uninterested and tired through dullness.
2. verb To drill a hole through something.
3. noun A person or thing that is dull and uninteresting.
4. noun The inner diameter of a tube or gun barrel.

caliber — full definition

1. noun The internal diameter of a gun barrel, or the diameter of a bullet.
2. noun The level of quality, ability, or importance a person or thing has.

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