[
US
/ˌfɝstˈkɫæs/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
very good; of the highest quality
a first-class mind
made an excellent speech
he was a splendid teacher
How To Use first-class In A Sentence
- He had to wait for the first-class passengers to deplane, of course, since even flag officers fly coach. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
- When a first-class work of literature is made into a movie, one always feels that some essential quality has been lost: an engagement with language, a reflectiveness, a guiding intelligence.
- The conductor worked hard for a first-class result, the cohesiveness of the entire composition leaving a most satisfying afterglow.
- When he made that announcement, the prime minister presumably did not mean that the official would continue to do his first-class job until Wednesday evening, whereupon he would draft a truly top-hole letter of resignation.
- It offers first-class dust pick-up thanks to a new floorhead especially designed for low wattages. Latest Press Releases
- He is a first-class pianist and organist and has composed music and written and published his own poems.
- The cost of a second-class stamp was cut by 1p in April 1999, while first-class stamps went up by 1p in 2000.
- But while there were 13 firsts among men in computing and IT, only five women got a first-class honours degree in the area in 2000.
- The big story this year is not how fast the gravy train keeps rolling, but who is occupying the first-class compartment. Times, Sunday Times
- Being a first-class citizen is about that kind of civic engagement.