Meaning of first class In English

• 0 excellent:

  • She did a first-class job of decorating the living room.

• 1 used to refer to the best possible undergraduate university degree you can get in the UK and some other countries

• 2 relating to the most expensive and highest quality service on a plane or train, or in a hotel:

  • a first-class ticket

  • first-class accommodation/travel

  • first-class mail/postage

  • How much is a first-class stamp?

• 3 If you travel first class in a train, aircraft, etc., you use the best and most expensive type of service:

  • She always travels first class.

  • How much more would it cost to send it first class?

• 4 the best and most expensive seats on a plane or in a train:

  • Because of the delay, we were offered seats in first class.

  • First class costs more, but it will arrive tomorrow.

• 5 the best group or class, esp. the most expensive seats on a plane or a train:

  • I upgraded my plane ticket to first class from tourist class.

• 6 of the highest quality or standard:

  • a first-class education

• 7 of or having to do with the standard way of mailing letters and cards:

  • The price of a first-class stamp has gone up again.

• 8 of excellent quality:

  • The work that she did on the project was first class.

  • He really is pre-eminent in the field and has built up a first-class business.

• 9 relating to the highest level of service offered on a plane, train, etc.:

  • a first-class cabin/fare/seat, etc.

• 10 in the UK, relating to the fastest service for sending mail:

  • It is welcome news that first-class delivery has improved.

  • The cost of a first-class stamp is going up.

• 11 in the US, relating to the service used for sending letters, cards, and small packages:

  • He predicts first-class volume will decline by 20 percent by the year 2017 as fewer people sit down to write a letter.

  • Experts expect that the U.S. Postal Service soon will request a price increase for first-class letters.

• 12 used to describe the best possible degree you can get from a university in the UK:

  • A report showed that a first-class degree is worth, on average, 12% more in likely future earnings.

• 13 using the highest level of service offered:

  • fly/travel first class I fly business class; I don't fly first class.

• 14 using the fastest service for sending mail:

  • The minimum requirement is that certificates must be sent first class to the shareholder's registered address.

• 15 the best seats, service, etc. on a plane, train, etc.:

  • I didn't see him on the flight because he was in first class.

• 16 in the UK, the fastest service for sending mail:

  • Always use first class for sending these documents.

• 17 in the US, the service for sending letters, cards and small packages