also second class
1.
If someone treats you as a ~ citizen, they treat you as if you are less valuable and less important than other people.
Too many airlines treat our children as ~ citizens.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
If you describe something as ~, 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 ~ education.
= second-rate
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
The ~ 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 ~ carriage...
...a ~ ticket.
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Second class is also an adverb.
I recently travelled second class from Pisa to Ventimiglia.
ADV: ADV after v
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Second-class is ~ accommodation on a train or ship.
In second class the fare is ?85 one-way.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
In Britain, ~ postage is the slower and cheaper type of postage. In the United States, ~ postage is the type of postage that is used for sending newspapers and magazines.
...a ~ stamp.
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Second class is also an adverb.
They’re going to send it second class.
ADV: ADV after v
5.
In Britain, a ~ degree is a good university degree, but not as good as a first-class degree.
A ~ honours degree is the minimum requirement.
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