first class

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 train, passenger ship, airplane, or other conveyance.

3. A class of mail including letters, post cards, and sealed packages.

first class

the class or grade of the best or highest value, quality, etc.

adj (first-class when prenominal)

1. of the best or highest class or grade a first-class citizen

2. excellent; first-rate

3. of or denoting the most comfortable and expensive class of accommodation in a hotel, aircraft, train, etc.

4. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Philately)

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.

5. (Social Science / Education) Education See first [10]

adv first-class

by first-class mail, means of transportation, etc.

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Noun	1.	first class - the highest rank in a classification high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior
	2.	first class - mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection 1st class, 1st-class mail, first-class mail mail - the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service correspondence - communication by the exchange of letters
	3.	first class - the most expensive accommodations on a ship or train or plane accommodation - living quarters provided for public convenience; "overnight accommodations are available"
Adv.	1.	first class - by first class conveyance; with first class accommodations; "we always travel first class"

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1st class 1st-class mail A1 A1C airman first class cabin class class correspondence double first excellent fantabulous first first sergeant first-class First-class car first-class honours degree first-class mail freshman class high quality	THE YOUTH'S COMPANION was certainly first class, and at that rate the three thousand words he had written that day would bring him sixty dollars - two months' wages on the sea! Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context The superintendent of Lowood (for such was this lady) having taken her seat before a pair of globes placed on one of the tables, summoned the first class round her, and commenced giving a lesson on geography; the lower classes were called by the teachers: repetitions in history, grammar, &c. Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context The same principle prevails also in the choice of their senate; the manner of electing which is favourable also to an oligarchy; for all are obliged to vote for those who are senators of the first class, afterwards they vote for the same number out of the second, and then out of the third; but this compulsion to vote at the election of senators does not extend to the third and fourth classes and the first and second class only are obliged to vote for the fourth. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context	Firozabad Firring firry first first aid First Amendment first and last first appearance first balcony First Baron Beveridge First Baron Kelvin First Baron Lytton First Baron Macaulay First Baron Marks of Broughton First Baron Passfield First Baron Rutherford First Baron Rutherford of Nelson First Baron Tennyson first base first baseman first battle of Ypres first blood first blush first cause first chair first class First Council of Constantinople First Council of Lyons First Council of Nicaea first cousin first cranial nerve First Crusade first degree first derivative first down First Duke of Marlborough First Duke of Wellington First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum First Earl of Beaconsfield First Earl of Chatham First Earl of Orford First Earl Wavell first edition First Empire First Epistle of John First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy First Epistle of Peter First Epistle to the Corinthians First Epistle to the Thessalonians	First Choice Credit Union First Choice Health Administrator First Choice Health Network First Choice Home Inspections First Choice Homes Oldham First Choice in Commercial Insurance First Choice Recruitment Ltd. First Choice Training and Development Ltd First Choice Vacation Homes First Christian Church First Christian Church of Falls Church First Christian Church of Greater New Orleans First Christian Church of Roswell First Christian Church Titusville First Christian Democratic Party First Chronicles First Church of Blanket Absolution First Church of Progress First Church of Religious Science First Church of Satan First Church of Wentworth Miller first circulation first circulation first circulation first circulation first circulation First Citizen First Citizen First Citizen First City Merchant Bank first class First Class Charterer First Class Coach Company First Class Consulting, LLC First Class CW Operator's Club First Class Diver Badge First Class Education First Class Homeschool Ministries First Class Honors First Class In-Service First Class Letter First Class Limousines Service first class module First Class Only First Class Petty Officer First Class Petty Officer Association First Class Private First Class Reception Room First Class Web Design First Class Wife International First Coast African American Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated First Coast Apartment Association First Coast Business Alliance First Coast Car Council First Coast Community Credit Union

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1st class
1st-class mail
A1
A1C
airman first class
cabin class
class
correspondence
double first
excellent
fantabulous
first
first sergeant
first-class
First-class car
first-class honours degree
first-class mail
freshman class
high quality

THE YOUTH'S COMPANION was certainly first class, and at that rate the three thousand words he had written that day would bring him sixty dollars - two months' wages on the sea!

Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context

The superintendent of Lowood (for such was this lady) having taken her seat before a pair of globes placed on one of the tables, summoned the first class round her, and commenced giving a lesson on geography; the lower classes were called by the teachers: repetitions in history, grammar, &c.

Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context

The same principle prevails also in the choice of their senate; the manner of electing which is favourable also to an oligarchy; for all are obliged to vote for those who are senators of the first class, afterwards they vote for the same number out of the second, and then out of the third; but this compulsion to vote at the election of senators does not extend to the third and fourth classes and the first and second class only are obliged to vote for the fourth.

A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context

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First Baron Kelvin