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first class
1noun
- the best, finest, or highest class, grade, or rank.
- the most expensive and most luxurious class of accommodation on trains, ships, airplanes, etc.
- (in the U.S. Postal Service) the class of mail consisting of letters, postal cards, or the like, together with all mailable matter sealed against inspection.
- British University. the group receiving the highest distinction in an honors course.
first-class
2[ furst-klas, -klahs ]
adjective
- of the highest or best class or quality:
a first-class movie.
- best-equipped and most expensive:
a first-class railroad car.
- given or entitled to preferred treatment, handling, etc.:
first-class mail.
adverb
- by first-class conveyance:
to travel first-class.
first class
noun
- the class or grade of the best or highest value, quality, etc
adjective
- of the best or highest class or grade
a first-class citizen
- excellent; first-rate
- of or denoting the most comfortable and expensive class of accommodation in a hotel, aircraft, train, etc
- (in Britain) of or relating to mail that is processed most quickly
- (in the US and Canada) of or relating to mail that consists mainly of written letters, cards, etc
- education See first
adverb
- by first-class mail, means of transportation, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of first class1
Origin of first class2
Example Sentences
There was a first-class lounge with a sunken well and cocktail bar.
I got a first-class ticket to New York, which I was into already.
He purchased two first-class tickets on the France, a luxury liner passage to England, for his new girlfriend and himself.
But irregular Ukrainian troops armed with first-class rifles, mortars, and explosive devices would do Russian troops great damage.
A lot of girls become models because there is the alluring, if distant, promise of first-class, all-designer everything.
First Impressions on all subjects are strong and the power to revive them is strong—a first-class memory.
I travelled first-class on a pass with my father, and great was my juvenile pride.
According to a weekly paper not only is Constance Binney a famous screen star, but she is also a first-class ukelele player.
And let me tell you, Mr. Thomas Hargrew keeps first-class goods and only asks a fair profit.
If there's anythin' I hate to see it's a first-class gingham fittin' a woman like it was hung there to air.
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