A world-class sports player, performer, or organization is one of the best in the world.
[journalism]
He was determined to become a world-class player.
...some of Britain's few world-class companies.
Synonyms: first-rate, top, prime, excellent More Synonyms of world-class
world-class in British English
adjective
of or denoting someone with a skill or attribute that puts him or her in the highest class in the world
a world-class swimmer
world-class in American English
(wɜrldˈklæs)
adjective
of the highest class, as in international competition
Examples of 'world-class' in a sentence
world-class
There are at least six actual or potential world-class players in the squad.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is a world-class player.
The Sun (2017)
He's a world-class player and he will go down in history.
The Sun (2017)
To become a world-class team that's what we have to do against the very best.
The Sun (2016)
But he is a world-class player and I am sure in the next few weeks we will see what he is really about.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They are both world-class players and pose obvious dangers.
The Sun (2016)
But you have to help guys become world-class.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This week we have seen exactly what a really world-class performer is capable of.
The Sun (2010)
You normally only get one truly world-class player in a generation but we have two.
The Sun (2016)
Both are world-class players who can score at any moment.
The Sun (2015)
Our one and only truly world-class performer is the claim.
The Sun (2011)
Some of us have recognised this and have become world-class in the niche areas we decide to inhabit.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These guys are proven world-class performers.
The Sun (2013)
One of the most noteworthy attributes of world-class teams and performers is the intellectual clarity that they bring to their most brutal disappointments.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is a world-class facility and one which will not only be used by our top footballers but also by people involved in grassroots.
The Sun (2012)
I have said for a long time that he has been our one truly world-class striker.
The Sun (2013)
In a team of great commitment, he may just be the only world-class player.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The midfielder has become a world-class player since leaving Barcelona.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is a world-class player, and it is a shame he is injured.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is so awful that one world-class restaurant just isn't enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He's shown what a world-class player he is year after year scoring the goals.
The Sun (2014)
One of its big secrets is that it is working-class sport performed by world-class performers.
The Sun (2015)
He has been scoring since then and is another player - a world-class one.
The Sun (2007)
And a few world-class players.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Once again, proved himself as a world-class performer.
The Sun (2009)
Forget that England have only one world-class player.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He is a world-class performer, but we knew what he was going to bring.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But we still couldn't stop the one truly world-class player on the pitch.
The Sun (2014)
If the time commanded attention, so too did the very rare sight of a world-class swimmer racing without goggles.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was a great day to see the minnows like ourselves perform so well against such world-class players, and to be the better side.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
world-class
British English: world-class ADJECTIVE
A world-class sports player, performer, or organization is one of the best in the world.