elite

adjetivo

1. 1

   Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

2. 2

   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.

sustantivo

1. 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

   Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?

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2. 2

   An individual member of such a group.

3. 3

   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

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Formas

plural

elites

comparativo

eliter, more elite

superlativo

elitest, most elite