"high-class" meaning in English

See high-class in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-high-class.wav Forms: more high-class [comparative], most high-class [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} high-class (comparative more high-class, superlative most high-class)
  1. Upper-class.
    Sense id: en-high-class-en-adj-ehVICrz7
  2. Recognized for its quality. Translations (recognized for quality): първокласен (pǎrvoklasen) (Bulgarian), 高級 (Chinese Mandarin), 高级 (gāojí) (Chinese Mandarin), korkealaatuinen (Finnish), korkealuokkainen (Finnish), laadukas (Finnish), tasokas (Finnish), korkeatasoinen (Finnish), haut de gamme (French), მაღალი კლასის (maɣali ḳlasis) (Georgian), მაღალხარისხიანი (maɣalxarisxiani) (Georgian), gehoben (German), 高級な (kōkyū-na) (alt: こうきゅうな) (Japanese), 고급 (gogeup) (alt: 高級) (Korean), прво́класен (prvóklasen) (Macedonian), ... высокого класса (vysokovo) (Russian), de nivel alto (Spanish), lujoso (Spanish), exclusivo (Spanish), lyxig (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: upscale Related terms: classy
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          "ref": "2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:",
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          "roman": "pǎrvoklasen",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
          "word": "първокласен"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
          "word": "高級"
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          "roman": "gāojí",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
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          "sense": "recognized for quality",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
          "word": "haut de gamme"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "maɣali ḳlasis",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
          "word": "მაღალი კლასის"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "maɣalxarisxiani",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "recognized for quality",
          "word": "gehoben"
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          "alt": "こうきゅうな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōkyū-na",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
          "word": "高級な"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gogeup",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prvóklasen",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
          "word": "прво́класен"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vysokovo",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
          "word": "... высокого класса"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "recognized for quality",
          "word": "exclusivo"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "recognized for quality",
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      "roman": "pǎrvoklasen",
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      "sense": "recognized for quality",
      "word": "haut de gamme"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "maɣali ḳlasis",
      "sense": "recognized for quality",
      "word": "მაღალი კლასის"
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      "alt": "こうきゅうな",
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Download raw JSONL data for high-class meaning in English (4.3kB)

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