first class

About 3.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification.

   That was a first class restaurant.

2. adjective Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship, hotel, etc.

   We travelled first class to New York.

3. adjective Of, or relating to a class of mail to be delivered before second class.

   First class stamps are now more expensive.

4. adjective Great, very enjoyable.

   - How was your holiday? - It was first class.

5. adjective Of or relating to a first class match.
6. adjective Of or relating to a treatment like that for a first-class object.

   Java has no first-class functions, so function objects are usually expressed by an interface with a single method.

7. noun premier rank.

   sat in first class; attained first class in the Boy Scouts

8. noun The third year of primary school, following after the junior and senior infant levels.

Similar words

first-class mail priority mail beautiful best-of-breed class copy eminent excellent first first-degree

Word family

first classes