also first class
1.
If you describe something or someone as first-class, you mean that they are extremely good and of the highest quality.
The food was first-class...
She has a first-class brain and is a damned good writer.
= first-rate
ADJ
2.
You use first-class to describe something that is in the group that is considered to be of the highest standard.
He officially announced his retirement from first-class cricket yesterday...
Harriet graduated with a first class degree in literature...
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
First-class accommodation on a train, aeroplane, or ship is the best and most expensive type of accommodation.
He won himself two first-class tickets to fly to Dublin.
...first-class passengers.
ADJ: ADJ n
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First-class is also an adverb.
She had never flown first class before.
ADV: ADV after v
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First-class is the first-class accommodation on a train, aeroplane, or ship.
He paid for and was assigned a cabin in first class.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
In Britain, first-class postage is the quicker and more expensive type of postage. In the United States, first-class postage is the type of postage that is used for sending letters and postcards.
Two first class stamps, please...
ADJ: ADJ n
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First-class is also an adverb.
It took six days to arrive despite being posted first class.
ADV: ADV after v