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first class

first class adjective: belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification.

Adjective

first class (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification.
    • That was a first class restaurant.
    • The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213
  2. 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. Of, or relating to a class of mail to be delivered before second class.
    • First class stamps are now more expensive.
  4. (India, UK) Great, very enjoyable.
    • - How was your holiday? - It was first class.
  5. Of or relating to a first class match.
  6. 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.

Noun

first class (plural first classes)

  1. (A status, section, etc which is of) premier rank.
    • sat in first class; attained first class in the Boy Scouts
    • In comparing these services with the exclusive trains-de-luxe of former days, however, it must be remembered that when the original first class was abolished on the Continent and second and third class were promoted to first and second respectively, it meant a considerable reduction in first class...1962 August, Mercury, “The fastest trains on the Continent, 1962: II—Western Germany”, in Modern Railways, page 126
  2. (Ireland) The third year of primary school, following after the junior and senior infant levels.
  3. (US) One of two classes of city government in the U.S. state of Kentucky, in which cities elect a mayor and aldermen.

first class meaning in Malayalam, Gujarati and Vietnamese

first class in Malayalam

first class, best, highest quality
ഒന്നാന്തരം onnāntaraṁ

first class in Gujarati

relating to the most luxurious class of accommodation
ફર્સ્ટ કલાસ pharsṭ kalās

first class in Vietnamese

relating to the most luxurious class of accommodation
hạng nhất

Forms of first class

Adjective
alternative formfirst-class
alternative form1st-class
alternative form1st class
Noun
pluralfirst classes

Questions about first class

What does first class mean?
First class means belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification.
What is first class in Malayalam?
First class in Malayalam is ഒന്നാന്തരം (onnāntaraṁ). See First class meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is first class?
First class can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near first class in the dictionary

  1. first choices
  2. first cities
  3. First Citizen
  4. First Citizens
  5. first city
  6. first class
  7. first class match
  8. first class matches
  9. first classes
  10. First Coast
  11. first come first serve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: first class (page history and authors); ഒന്നാന്തരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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