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class A

class A adjective: synonym of first class (“best or top”).

Adjective

class A (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of first class (“best or top”).
    • Surely no child from a good home would become what I have termed a class A fool!2012, Ann Benton, Teenagers
    Synonyms:
    first class

Noun

class A (plural class As)

  1. (UK, slang) Any illicit drug (e.g. cocaine, heroin) categorised as “class A” under the United Kingdom's Misuse of Drugs Act (1971).
    • Finally! If only you'd been supplying the people of Margate with arabica beans instead of dodgy class As.2024 January 21, Jack Rooke, “Tennis Table Tennis”, in Jim Archer, director, Big Boys, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Danny (Jon Pointing)

Synonyms of class A

Forms of class A

pluralclass As

Questions about class A

What does class A mean?
Class A means synonym of first class (“best or top”).
What part of speech is class A?
Class A can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near class A in the dictionary

  1. claspt
  2. class
  3. Class 1
  4. Class 2
  5. Class 3
  6. class A
  7. class act
  8. class action
  9. class action lawsuit
  10. class action lawsuits
  11. class actions

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