Значение

значений: 4
  1. 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

    the hubris of the elites

    Elite, Auslese, Oberschicht

    эли́таelíta

    елі́таelíta

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

  2. An individual member of such a group.

  3. Someone who is among the best at a certain task.

    Elite

  4. A typeface with 12 characters per inch.

Примеры

предложений: 77
  1. Tom goes to an elite university.

    Том учится в элитном университете.

  2. You're now among the elite.

    deDu zählst nun zur Elite.

  3. Tom graduated from a very elite university.

    deTom machte seinen Abschluss an einer Elite-Universität.

  4. Tom went to an elite boarding school.

  5. On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.

    В целом элита не чувствительна к критике.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
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Русский
По значениям 1
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Deutsch
По значениям 1
group with higher status:

Происхождение

From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle

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.

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Формы

мн. число: elites
Ед. числоelite
Мн. числоelites

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 2
Близкие по смыслу
  • a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status:elite group

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 12

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соседние слова
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