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elite
/ɪˈlit/
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What does elite mean?
adjective
- Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
- Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
noun
- A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.
More meanings (3)
noun
- An individual member of such a group.
- Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
- A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪˈlit/
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See this word in context.
That they should be allowed to invade the education of the elite is unspeakable.
I see no reason why Chinese meals should not become fashionable in America, as Western preparations are frequently favored by the Elite in China.
More book examples (3)
She was, as she said, suffering from la grippe; grippe being then a new word in St. Petersburg, used only by the elite.
It commences by taking possession of a small number of privileged persons, who thus compose the elite of nations, while the mass continues, or even buries itself deeper, in barbarism.
I said, "I will tell you some things about it. You are a set of traitors, you pose as being the elite, but you are criminals, shame on such villainy."