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First Class

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Noun

1. first class

the highest rank in a classification

2. 1st class, 1st-class mail, first class, first-class mail

mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection

3. first class

the most expensive accommodations on a ship or train or plane

Adverb

4. first class

by first class conveyance; with first class accommodations

Example Sentences:
'we always travel first class'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

First Class

see synonyms of first class
noun
1. 
the class or grade of the best or highest value, quality, etc
adjective (first-class when prenominal)
2. 
of the best or highest class or grade
a first-class citizen
3. 
excellent; first-rate
4. 
of or denoting the most comfortable and expensive class of accommodation in a hotel, aircraft, train, etc
5. 
a. 
(in Britain) of or relating to mail that is processed most quickly
b. 
(in the US and Canada) of or relating to mail that consists mainly of written letters, cards, etc
6. education first (sense 10)
adverb first-class
7. 
by first-class mail, means of transportation, etc
adjective
1. 
(of rail or air travel) offering a higher level of comfort
He had two first-class tickets to fly to Dublin.
a first-class train carriage
She has booked a first-class ticket.
2. 
excellent
The food was first class.
She has a first-class brain and is a very good writer.
a first-class meal
3. 
relating to a quicker mail service than the usual one
Two first-class stamps, please.
The price of mailing a first-class letter will not be increasing this year.
4. 
(of a university degree) of the highest class possible
Harriet graduated with a first class degree in literature.
5. cricket
played with two innings per side between teams of international or the highest national standard
He officially announced his retirement from first-class cricket yesterday.

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

First Class

see synonyms of first class
adjective
1. 
of the highest class, rank, excellence, etc.; of the best quality
2. 
designating or of the most expensive accommodations
a first-class cabin on a ship
3.  US
designating or of a class of ordinary mail given privileged postal treatment (as forwarding, if necessary) at postage rates higher than those for other classes of ordinary mail: the class includes letters or other material sealed against inspection and also includes, at a postage rate lower than that for sealed material, postal cards and postcards
adverb
4. 
with the most expensive accommodations
to travel first-class
5. 
as or by first-class mail

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

First Class

see synonyms of first class
adj.
1. Constituting or belonging to the first, highest, or best group in a system of classification: a first-class hotel.
2. Of the foremost excellence or highest quality; first-rate: a first-class mind.
n.
1. The first, highest, or best group in a system of classification: a restaurant of the first class.
2. The most luxurious and most expensive class of accommodations on a commercial airplane, train, passenger ship, or other conveyance.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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