"class act" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: class acts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} class act (plural class acts)
  1. An excellent performance.
    Sense id: en-class_act-en-noun-3JodV-gI
  2. Someone or something whose performance is excellent.
    Sense id: en-class_act-en-noun-lrjKEj6x
  3. (sometimes sarcastically) Someone or something who is generally well-mannered, conscientious, etc. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-class_act-en-noun-WpP-9JfC Disambiguation of People: 17 9 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 90 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 4 91 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 6 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (someone whose performance exhibits conscientiousness): mensch Synonyms (someone whose performance exhibits extreme skillfulness): virtuoso Related terms: high-class, top drawer
Disambiguation of 'someone whose performance exhibits conscientiousness': 47 42 11 Disambiguation of 'someone whose performance exhibits extreme skillfulness': 48 43 9

Inflected forms

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