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I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.
Smedley Butler

Meaning of "high-class" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-CLASS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-CLASS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Class is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH-CLASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

high-class

Upper class

The upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of the wealthiest members of society, who also wield the greatest political power. According to this view, the upper class is generally contained within the wealthiest 1-2% of the population, and is distinguished by immense wealth which is passed on from generation to generation. This popular definition is at odds, however, with how the upper class views itself: as members of families that have been long distinguished not merely by wealth or fame which are ostensibly available to all in a democratic society but rather by generations of leadership in public service, education, charity, the military, and the arts. Because the upper classes of a society may no longer rule the society in which they are living they are often referred to as the old upper classes and they are often culturally distinct from the newly rich middle classes that tend to dominate public life in modern social democracies.

Definition of high-class in the English dictionary

The definition of high-class in the dictionary is of very good quality; superior. Other definition of high-class is belonging to, associated with, or exhibiting the characteristics of an upper social class.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-CLASS

high-ability
high-achieving
high-angle shot
high-bandwidth digital content protection
high-carb
high-carbon steel
High-Churchman
high-colored
high-coloured
high-concept
high-context
high-definition
high-density
high-density disk
high-density housing
high-density lipoprotein
high-dependency
high-end
high-energy
high-energy physics

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-CLASS

business class
class
club class
first class
first-class
form class
glass
gym class
master class
masterclass
middle class
middle-class
second class
second-class
subclass
top-class
upper class
upper-class
working class
working-class
world-class

Synonyms and antonyms of high-class in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HIGH-CLASS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «high-class» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of high-class

Translation of «high-class» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-CLASS

Find out the translation of high-class to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-class from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-class» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

优质的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de lujo
570 millions of speakers

English

high-class
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च वर्ग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من الدرجة العالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высокого класса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de alto nível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ শ্রেণী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de luxe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kelas tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erstklassig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高級の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고급의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur kelas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao cấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் வர்க்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च वर्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüksek sınıf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di gran classe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysokiej klasy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

високого класу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de înaltă clasă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

high- class
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë-klas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

högklassig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høy klasse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-class

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-CLASS»

The term «high-class» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.068 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of high-class
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «high-class».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-CLASS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «high-class» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «high-class» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-class

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6 QUOTES WITH «HIGH-CLASS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word high-class.
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Hank Azaria
Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight, out of mind.' But when you walk outside and see them on a billboard or on TV or on the cover of a magazine, it reopens the wound. It's a high-class problem, but it's real.
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Smedley Butler
I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.
3
Garrison Keillor
The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, 'Daddy, I need to ask you something,' he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.
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Nobu Matsuhisa
Sushi is something very exclusive. It is not like a McDonald's, not like a hot dog, not like a French fry. It's very high-class cooking in Japan.
5
Dennis Rodman
Karl Malone's too high-class for a bum like me.
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Johnny Weissmuller
All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-CLASS»

Discover the use of high-class in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-class and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Diversity high: class, color, culture, and character in a ...
Conveying complexity through the ways in which race, class and culture intersect to produce unintended consequences; this book is concise and expertly researched.
Saloshna Vandeyar, Jonathan D. Jansen, 2008
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Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High-Class Issues
"A collection of five short comedies about young women and the various issues they confront today."--P. [4].
Matt Morillo, 2008
3
Invisible Trade: High-class Sex for Sale in Singapore
Welcome to the very real, largely hidden, and often surreal world of high-class sex for sale in Singapore, where the sexual desires of this tiny island run the gamut from simple missionary zeal to the cracking of the whip.
Gerrie Lim, 2004
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High-class kitchen gardening
ASPARAGUS. Remarks on Forcing. Asparagus is occasionally forced by those who desire early dishes, and have proper means or convenience to do so. The operation is a very simple one, if the necessary amount of attention — and this must ...
William Earley, 1875
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Catalogue of Superior Salmon & Trout Rods, Artificial Flies, ...
W. J. Cummins. Loch Casts, fitted Three Flies, Is. 6d. 3' CLASS C (Medium). Good Hickory Fly Rods. Ash butt, Hickory centres, Greenlieart top, single brazed, wood stoppers, ringed, reel fittings, bronzed ferrules, in division bag. No. 5— 3-Joint ...
W. J. Cummins, 1857
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The Valley of Amazement
Spanning more than forty years and two continents, The Valley of Amazement transports readers from the collapse of China's last imperial dynasty to the beginning of the Republic and recaptures the lost world of old Shanghai through the ...
Amy Tan, 2013
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Silent Film Sound
Burch, Life to Those Shadows, 154. 36. Burch, "Un mode de representation primitif?," 115. 37. On New York Sunday shows, see Musser, High-Class Moving Pictures, 191-92. 38. "Down with 'Blue Law Tyranny' Cry Labor Men 250,000 Strong," ...
Rick Altman, 2007
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Social Inequality and Health Care
the Low Caste and Low Class groups while it is private practitioners in the High Caste and High Class groups. In general, the High Caste and High Class groups kept items of medicinal value such as honey, ointment, tablets, tonics, herbs, ...
S.N.M. Kopparty, 1995
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Networks 2004: 11th International Telecommunications Network ...
Moreover, variations of low class lightpath requests have no impact on high class lightpath blocking probability. Finally, the lightpath set-up complexity is reduced, since the search for a lightpath route is performed only in a wavelength pool of ...
Hermann Kaindl, 2004
10
Understanding GCSE Geography
Key | Central Business District (CBD) I Light manufacturing | J Low-class residential ) 1 1 Medium-class residential Inner city Suburbs [ ^| High-class residential \ Figure 1 The Burgess model Urban models for cities in MEDCs The Burgess ...
Ann Bowen, John Pallister, 2001

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-CLASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-class is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Midvale Senior Center gives 'high-class' experience | Deseret …
Janie Montoya, left, and Sophia Arambula laugh with each other as they talk during the grand opening of the new Midvale Senior Center in ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
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Galway options for Cyclone
High-class chaser Hidden Cyclone could stick to the Flat at the upcoming Galway Festival if the ground comes up fast at Ballybrit. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Chris Woakes tears into Durham top order to put Warwickshire in …
... he took the opportunity to impress the national selector, James Whitaker, with some high-class swing and seam, albeit in helpful conditions. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Elevations Dispensary brings high-class to the north side
This Friday, July 10, co-owner Troy VanOrden and his Elevations Dispensary (8270 Razorback Road, elevationsdispensary.com) will celebrate ... «Colorado Springs Independent, Jul 15»
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Golden Horn stays unbeaten with high-class win in Sandown's Eclipse
Frankie Dettori celebrating as Golden Horn returns after winning the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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High-class entry for York showpiece
Classic-winning colts Gleneagles and Golden Horn are among a stellar 42-strong entry for the Juddmonte International at York on August 19. «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
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IAR Systems provides high-class development tools for the new …
Freescale Technology Forum, Austin, US—June 23, 2015—IAR Systems® announces extensive development tools support for the new S32K ... «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jun 15»
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Weld confirms Arc aim for 'high-class' Free Eagle
Weld confirms Arc aim for 'high-class' Free Eagle. By James Burn 3:01PM 21 JUN 2015. DERMOT WELD, whose huge belief in Free Eagle was justified when ... «Racing Post Bloodstock, Jun 15»

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