elite

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Representing the choicest or most select of a group.

   Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.

2. 2
   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.

   constituting an elite

3. 3
   noun

   Someone who is among the best at a certain task.

   The Nations League results have also seen England respond to an ongoing criticism that they fail to beat the top sides, with even Southgate insisting they could not be considered among the world's elite until they beat the best. The World Cup did nothing to answer those questions.

4. 4
   adj

   selected as the best

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   adj

   Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

7. 7
   noun

   An individual member of such a group.

8. 8
   noun

   A typeface with 12 characters per inch.

Etymology

From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle of elire, eslire (“to choose, elect”), from Latin eligere (“to choose, elect”), with past participle electus; see elect.