SECOND-CLASS


Meaning of SECOND-CLASS in English

also second class

1.

If someone treats you as a second-class citizen, they treat you as if you are less valuable and less important than other people.

Too many airlines treat our children as second-class citizens.

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

If you describe something as second-class , you mean that it is of poor quality.

I am not prepared to see children in some parts of this country having to settle for a second-class education.

= second-rate

ADJ : usu ADJ n

3.

The second-class accommodation on a train or ship is the ordinary accommodation, which is cheaper and less comfortable than the first-class accommodation.

He sat in the corner of a second-class carriage...

...a second-class ticket.

ADJ : ADJ n

Second class is also an adverb.

I recently travelled second class from Pisa to Ventimiglia.

ADV : ADV after v

Second-class is second-class accommodation on a train or ship.

In second class the fare is £85 one-way.

N-UNCOUNT

4.

In Britain, second-class postage is the slower and cheaper type of postage. In the United States, second-class postage is the type of postage that is used for sending newspapers and magazines.

...a second-class stamp.

ADJ : ADJ n

Second class is also an adverb.

They’re going to send it second class.

ADV : ADV after v

5.

In Britain, a second-class degree is a good university degree, but not as good as a first-class degree.

A second-class honours degree is the minimum requirement.

ADJ : ADJ n

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