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second class nounsecond class adverb second classˌsecond ˈclass noun [uncountable] - Competition is keen and candidates must offer a minimum of an upper second class honours degree together with evidence of satisfactory financial arrangements.
- He changed into his civilian clothes a holiday in itself-and boarded a passenger liner to the Foundation, second class.
- He dropped to second class in the examinations of June 1788, and after that was unplaced.
- He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, where he obtained a second class in modern history in 1911.
- It mattered less what the company clerks and rubber plantation foremen in second class might feel.
- One corporation elected to be an S corporation at a time when it had a second class of stock.
- One day I changed from second class to high class.
- Within this second class, there are two subtypes.
► Mailaddress, verbaddressee, nounaerogramme, nounairmail, nounbox number, nouncertified mail, nounChristmas card, nounc/o, compliment slip, nouncorrespond, verbcorrespondence, nouncorrespondent, nouncovering letter, nouncover letter, noundate stamp, noundead letter, noundirect mail, nounenclose, verbenclosure, nounenvelope, nounepistle, nounesquire, nounexpress, nounexpress mail, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectiveforward, verbforwarding address, nounFPO, frank, verbfranking machine, nounFreepost, noungeneral delivery, nounJiffy bag, nounjunk mail, nounletterbox, nounlove letter, nounmailbag, nounmailbox, nounmail carrier, nounmail drop, nounmailer, nounmailing list, nounmailman, nounmailshot, nounmail train, nounmanila, nounmissive, nounmoney order, nounnote card, nounnotelet, nounnotepaper, nounnr, p & p, packet boat, nounparcel, nounparcel post, nounpcm, pen friend, nounpen pal, nounpigeonhole, nounpillar box, nounPO, PO Box, nounpoison-pen letter, nounpost, nounpost, verbpostage, nounpostage meter, nounpostage stamp, nounpostal, adjectivepostal order, nounpostbag, nounpostbox, nounpostcard, nounpostcode, nounposte restante, nounpostie, nounpostman, nounpostmark, nounpostmaster, nounpostmistress, nounpost office, nounpost office box, nounpostscript, nounpp., PPS, nounPS, nounredirect, verbregister, verbregistered post, nounreply-paid, adjectiveRR, sae, nounsalutation, nounSASE, nounsecond class, nounself-addressed, adjectivesender, nounsnail mail, nounsorting office, nounspecial delivery, nounstamp, nounstamp, verbstamped addressed envelope, nounsurface mail, nounthird class, nounvalentine, nounwriting paper, nounX, nounzip code, noun 1a way of travelling on a ship or train that is cheaper and less comfortable than first class2a way of delivering letters etc in Britain that is cheaper and slower than first class3the system in the US for delivering newspapers, magazines, advertisements etc through the postsecond class nounsecond class adverb second-classˌsecond-ˈclass adjective [only before noun] - Enraged and impelled by her second-class status, she became one of the first literary feminists.
- I would not want to return women to the second-class status they are only now escaping.
- In many places, women seemed beaten down and resigned to their second-class status.
- It is a fitting reminder of the isolation and second-class status of these efforts.
- She took her finals in 1900 and was awarded second-class honours in the university examination for women.
- Somewhere south of York, Hubert was alone in a second-class non-smoking compartment.
- They want to treat all Arabs as slaves and second-class citizens.
► second-class citizens Why should old people be treated like second-class citizens? NOUN► citizen· Some speak resentfully of a takeover by the Wessis, with themselves marked out for the role of second-class citizens.· Here we are, second-class citizens in our own country.· One danger of treating all crime as sickness is that it makes the criminal a second-class citizen.· We did not have a chance to mingle with Okinawansthey were considered second-class citizens.· They want to treat all Arabs as slaves and second-class citizens.· Private car-owners have become second-class citizens.· But they remained second-class citizens as the Service restocked itself with young men of the right background from Oxford and Cambridge.· Women were very definitely second-class citizens. ► citizenship· Means-tested assistance is equated by the customer with second-class citizenship.· The effect of this order was to confer second-class citizenship on the proud Washington.· Put another way, that means lower salaries for members a proposal more redolent of second-class citizenship than a classless society.· Anything less would be second-class citizenship in the world of intercollegiate sports. ► stamp· The quantity relative for second-class stamps is 140.0, indicating an increase in numbers bought of 40%. ► status· I would not want to return women to the second-class status they are only now escaping.· It is a fitting reminder of the isolation and second-class status of these efforts.· In many places, women seemed beaten down and resigned to their second-class status.· Enraged and impelled by her second-class status, she became one of the first literary feminists. ► second-class ticket/fare/compartment/cabin etc- I wanted two second-class tickets to Coimbra.
► second-class mail/post/stamp etc- First-class and second-class mail should be put through the machine on separate runs.
- The quantity relative for second-class stamps is 140.0, indicating an increase in numbers bought of 40%.
1people considered to be less important and less valuable than other people: Why should old people be treated like second-class citizens?2lower standard of a lower standard or quality than the best: We will not accept a second-class education for our children.3travel second-class ticket/fare/compartment/cabin etc tickets etc that are for cheaper, less comfortable seats on a train or ship4mail second-class mail/post/stamp etc relating to the system of delivering mail in Britain that is cheaper and slower5university degree used to describe a university degree in Britain that is good, but not the highest level: a second-class honours degree → first class(3)—second class adverb: He was travelling second class. |