Wondering how to use Caliber in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as calibre or quality.
Caliber meaning
- Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
- The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.
- A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40.
Using Caliber
- The main meaning on this page is: Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands. | The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column. | A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40.
- Useful related words include: calibre, quality, degree, grade.
- In the example corpus, caliber often appears in combinations such as: caliber of, the caliber, caliber and.
Context around Caliber
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Caliber
- In this selection, "caliber" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chemical, toxic, radiation, firearms, roster and ever stand out and add context to how "caliber" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 5mm creedmoor caliber for 2018 and 9 millimeter caliber gun. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "caliber" sits close to words such as anatomy, api and cheered, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with caliber
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But now, aligning with a quarterback of Rodgers’ caliber, things look promising. (12 words)
Chemical caliber firearms, toxic caliber firearms, biological firearms, flame gun or radiation caliber firearms are prohibited. (16 words)
It was an alternate technology to the heavier caliber 140 mm gun by using the dual-caliber approach. (18 words)
Despite the caliber of player that’s expected to be involved in tonight’s game, NFL fans — simply itching for some football action — are clamoring for the game either way, even if it does present the prospect of watching versus Kellen Mond. (42 words)
And in that eventuality, the get no compensation, pay full price for discarding a starting caliber franchise QB, and look like total chumps to their fan base that isn’t sold on Love in the first place. (37 words)
As with any company of our size and caliber, we will continue to evaluate strategic additions to and the evolution of our leadership team as we advance our strategy to develop strong synergistic growth across the enterprise. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chemical caliber firearms, toxic caliber firearms, biological firearms, flame gun or radiation caliber firearms are prohibited.
Let’s give him an offense that is of NFL caliber, not high school caliber, and see what he can do before we write him off.
They seem to be just a quarterback away from a playoff-caliber roster, maybe even a Super Bowl-caliber roster.
In the past eighty years, Winchester has offered the Model 70 in virtually every rifle caliber ever made, introducing the new 6.5mm Creedmoor caliber for 2018.
Investigators learned that Mr. Thomas had searched the internet in an attempt to purchase the same caliber of firearm recovered, as well as the same brand and caliber of ammunition used to murder Crouse.
It was an alternate technology to the heavier caliber 140 mm gun by using the dual-caliber approach.
On the first day of competition, the better keirin competitors are assigned to races of higher caliber, while others are assigned to low-caliber races.
According to FY2022 data, the Media & Entertainment segment achieved an operating margin of 7.65%, too low in my opinion for a company of this caliber.
According to the state's Public Security Secretariat (SSP), Reis was shot while patrolling in a community with a 9-millimeter-caliber gun.
All company dancers receive the highest caliber of professional training on a weekly basis and are provided the opportunity to learn standard classical repertoire.
An actor of his caliber should have at least one by now, considering he's been a consistent and reliable presence for over two decades.
And in that eventuality, the get no compensation, pay full price for discarding a starting caliber franchise QB, and look like total chumps to their fan base that isn’t sold on Love in the first place.
Annisa Gibson and Caliber Cleveland have barely slept since the theft of their beloved 6-month-old dog, Chunky Monkey.
As a threat to take every touch to the end zone, Henderson has both the talent and experience to finish in the top five in Heisman voting with an All-American-caliber season.
As with any company of our size and caliber, we will continue to evaluate strategic additions to and the evolution of our leadership team as we advance our strategy to develop strong synergistic growth across the enterprise.
Before jumping into the film itself, it’s worth noting the sheer quantity and quality of the video available on this kid as a true testament to the caliber player he’s projected to be.
But l know the caliber of shortstop that Tovar is and he came right up to me and apologized.
But now, aligning with a quarterback of Rodgers’ caliber, things look promising.
Caliber Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $2,243,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Despite the caliber of player that’s expected to be involved in tonight’s game, NFL fans — simply itching for some football action — are clamoring for the game either way, even if it does present the prospect of watching versus Kellen Mond.
Common combinations with caliber
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- caliber of 31×
- the caliber 21×
- caliber and 9×
- this caliber 8×
- his caliber 5×
- that caliber 5×
- caliber as 5×
- nfl caliber 4×
- same caliber 4×
- high caliber 4×