Elite - English meaning

noun

The highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices.

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Members of the aristocracy

noun

A class of people of high social rank

Usage examples:

A prep-school-educated american aristocrat, his aristocratic manner alienated many voters.

noun

A class of people who hold high social rank

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Members of the aristocracy

adjective

Of the most excellent or desirable type or quality.

Usage examples:

The best midfielder in the country

adverb

To the highest degree; most (used with verbs suggesting a desirable action or state or a successful outcome).

Usage examples:

They named the pictures they liked best

noun

That which is the most excellent, outstanding, or desirable.

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Buy the best you can afford

noun

The thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid which rises to the top when milk is left to stand and which can be eaten as an accompaniment to desserts or used as a cooking ingredient.

Usage examples:

Strawberries and cream

verb

Work (two or more ingredients, typically butter and sugar) together to form a creamy paste.

Usage examples:

You cream the butter first and then add the egg yolks

verb

Defeat (someone) heavily in a sporting contest.

Usage examples:

On paper, england should have creamed scotland

verb

Choose (someone) to hold public office or some other position by voting.

Usage examples:

He was elected as councillor

adjective

(of a person) chosen or singled out.

Usage examples:

Suddenly the student becomes convinced that he is among the elect, the wise, the few who are privy …

plural noun

People who are chosen or singled out.

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One of the century's elect

noun

The action of establishing something or being established.

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The establishment of an independent government

noun

The people who have most of the power within government or society or in a particular business or activity

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The diplomatic/educational/literary establishment, visitors come to shop in the fashionable new est…

noun

A business or other organization, or the place where an organization operates

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An educational/training/religious establishment, what percent of your establishment's total sales a…

noun

The seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly coloured corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals).

Usage examples:

The pistil and the stamen of the flowers are the specialized organs responsible for the reproductiv…

verb

(of a plant) produce flowers; bloom.

Usage examples:

Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as october

noun

The part of a plant that produces seeds, is often brightly colored, and sometimes has a pleasant smell, or a plant that produces this part

Usage examples:

Our shrubs flower in late summer.

noun

People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth.

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A member of the landed gentry

noun

People of high social class, especially in the past

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A member of the landed gentry (= those who own a lot of land)

noun

The quality of being noble in character.

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A man of nobility and learning

noun

The class or group of people who have a high social rank, esp. from birth

adjective

Having no match or equal; unrivalled.

Usage examples:

He is a nonpareil storyteller

noun

An unrivalled or matchless person or thing.

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A great player, britain's nonpareil of the 1980s

adjective

Better than any other

Usage examples:

Her nonpareil beauty, [ after noun ] he was the teacher nonpareil., she was, he was convinced, the …

verb

Detach and remove (a flower, fruit, or vegetable) from where it is growing.

Usage examples:

I went to pick some flowers for jenny's room

noun

An act or the right of selecting something from a number of alternatives.

Usage examples:

Take your pick from our extensive menu

noun

A tool consisting of a long handle set at right angles in the middle of a curved iron or steel bar with a point at one end and a chisel edge or point at the other, used for breaking up hard ground or rock.

Usage examples:

The newer combination entrenching tool added a pick, which helped break up hard soil.