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    ELITE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic statusplay

    Synonyms:

    elite; elite group

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("elite" is a kind of...):

    upper class; upper crust (the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy)

    Meronyms (members of "elite"):

    technocrat (an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elite"):

    chosen; elect (an exclusive group of people)

    cream; pick (the best people or things in a group)

    clerisy; intelligentsia (an educated and intellectual elite)

    beau monde; bon ton; high society; smart set; society (the fashionable elite)

    few (a small elite group)

    aristocracy; nobility (a privileged class holding hereditary titles)

    Derivation:

    elite (selected as the best)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Selected as the bestplay

    Example:

    elite colleges

    Synonyms:

    elect; elite

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    selected (chosen in preference to another)

    Derivation:

    elite (a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)

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