Meaning: 1st class

n.
mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection

class Idiom, Proverb

ditch class

skip class/play hookey.

first class

high quality, excellent Pam's meals are first class. She's an excellent cook.

skip classes

miss classes, not attend classes, play hooky Riza had low grades in history because he skipped classes.

a class act

a great guy

business class

fat; too large to fit in a normal-sized seat:"Can you believe his date ate six desserts? She's business class and then some!"

class act

great guy,"He's my best buddy; he's a class act"

cut class

Idiom(s): cut class

Theme: ABSENCE

to skip going to class. (Informal.)
• If Mary keeps cutting classes, she'll fail the course.
• I cant cut that class. I've missed too many already.

cut a class|class|cut

v. phr. To be truant; to deliberately miss a class and do something else instead. "If you keep cutting classes the way you do, you will almost surely flunk this course," John's professor said to him.

first class(1)|class|first|first class

n. 1. The first rank; the highest class; the best group. The pianist was quite good but he was not in the first class. 2. The most expensive or comfortable class of travel; the best or one of the best groups in which to travel, especially by ship, train, or airplane. Most people can't afford the first class when they take a long journey by ship. 3. The way of sending all mail that includes letters and post cards, anything written by hand or typewriter, and anything sealed so that it cannot be inspected, and that is the most expensive class of mail but receives the best treatment. The usual way to send a letter is by first class.
Compare: SECOND CLASS, THIRD CLASS.

first-class(2)|class|first|first class

first-class¹ adj. 1. Of the highest class or best kind; excellent; first-rate. Jane did a first-class job of repairing the coat. It was a first-class TV program.
Compare: TOP-NOTCH. 2. Of the best or most expensive class of travelling. Mr. Jones bought a first-class plane ticket to Chicago. 3. Belonging to the class of mail for sending letters, post cards, and handwritten or typewritten mail that is sealed. It is expensive to send a heavy letter by first-class mail.
first-class² adv. With the best material; in the best or most expensive way. When Mr. Van Smith goes anywhere he always travels first-class. "How did you send the package?" "First-class."

fourth class(1)|class|fourth|fourth class

n. A class of mail that is not sealed and weighs a pound or more, that includes things that are bought and sold and sent in the mail, and printed things that are not second or third class mail. Bill sent away 98 cereal box tops and a dollar and got back a sheriff's badge and gun in the mail by fourth class.

fourth-class(2)|class|fourth|fourth class

fourth-class¹ adj. Belonging to the fourth class of mail. The package weighed a pound and a half, so it had to be sent by fourth-class mail.
fourth-class² adv. By fourth-class mail. How did the company mail the package? Fourth-class.

high-class|class|high

adj. Of the best quality; very good; superior.

Avoided by many careful speakers. When Mr. Brown got a raise in pay, Mrs. Brown started to look for a high-class apartment. Mrs. Smith always gets her clothing at high-class shops. Mr. Jones always gets his office workers from Burns Agency because they have high-class help.
Compare: FIRST-CLASS.

second class|class|second

n. 1. The second best or highest group; the class next after the first. Joe was good enough in arithmetic to be put in the second class but was not good enough for the first.
Compare: FIRST CLASS. 2. The place or quarters, especially on a ship, train, or airplane which people travel who pay the next to the highest fare. Aunt May bought a ticket to travel in the second class on the boat trip.
Compare: FIRST CLASS, THIRD CLASS. 3. A class of mail that includes magazines and newspapers published at least four times a year and costs less for mailing than first class mail.
Compare: FIRST CLASS.

second-class|class|second

second-class¹ adj. 1. Belonging in the class that is next to the highest or next best. He was only a second-class math student. His parents traveled as second-class passengers on the boat. The periodical came as second-class mail.
Compare: FIRST-CLASS, THIRD-CLASS. 2. Not so good as others; second-rate. They were never given full democratic rights but were always treated as second-class citizens.
second-class² adv. By second class. We went second-class on the train to New York. I mailed the newspaper second-class.

third class|class|third

n. 1. The third best or highest group; the class next after the second class. Mary won the pie-making contest in the third class, for the youngest girls. 2. Mail that is printed, other than magazines and newspapers that are published regularly, and packages that are not sealed and weigh less than a pound. The company uses third class to mail free samples of soap. 3. The least expensive class of travel. I couldn't afford anything better than the third class on the ship coming home from France.
Compare: FIRST CLASS, SECOND CLASS.

third-class|class|third

third-class¹ adj. Belonging to the third class; of the third highest or best class. Much advertising is sent by third-class mall. I bought a third-class airline ticket to Hawaii.
third-class² adv. By third class. How did you send the package? Third class. We traveled third-class on the train.

class

class
see cut class.

second class

second class
1) Inferior; see second best.
2) Travel accommodations ranking below the highest or first class, as in Traveling second class on European trains is not only cheaper but gives you more contact with local people. [c. 1840]
3) In the United States and Canada, a category of mail consisting of periodicals and newspapers. [c. 1870]
4) second-class citizen. An individual regarded or treated as inferior to others in status or rights, an underprivileged person. For example, In many countries women still are considered second-class citizens. This term uses second class in the sense of “inferior.” [c. 1940]