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 Definitions of ELITE  [ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit]  

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Definition of 'ELITE' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) elite
(often used with a pl. v.) the choice or best of a group, class, or the like.

2.  elite
(used with a pl. v.) persons of the wealthiest class.

3.  elite
a group of persons exercising authority within a larger group.

4.  elite
a 10-point type widely used in typewriters and having 12 characters to the inch.

5. (adj.) elite
of the best or most select.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME elit a person elected to office < MF e(s)lit ptp. of e(s)lire to choose < VL *exlegere, for L ēligere; see elect)

Definition of 'ELITE' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) elite, elite group
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

2. (adj) elect, elite
selected as the best
"an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"


Definition of 'ELITE' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) elite
people who are the best, richest, most powerful, etc.
the political elite

2. (adjective) elite
the best
elite athletes


Definition of 'ELITE' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ELITE
a choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society


Definitions of 'ELITE' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  ELITE
Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a general positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker slang; it is used primarily by crackers and warez d00dz, for which reason hackers use it only with heavy irony. The term used to refer to the folks allowed in to the “hidden” or “privileged” sections of BBSes in the early 1980s (which, typically, contained pirated software). Frequently, early boards would only let you post, or even see, a certain subset of the sections (or ‘boards’) on a BBS. Those who got to the frequently legendary ‘triple super secret’ boards were elite. Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms l337 eleet, and 31337 (among others) have been sighted.

A true hacker would be more likely to use ‘wizardly’. Oppose lamer.


Translation of 'ELITE' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (with the) the best or most important people especially within society.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: elite, keur Arabic flag Arabic: نُخْبَه، صَفْوَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: елит
Brazilian flag Brazilian: elite Czech flag Czech: elita German flag German: die Elite
Danish flag Danish: elite Greek flag Greek: ελίτ, αφρόκρεμα Spanish flag Spanish: élite
Estonian flag Estonian: eliit Farsi flag Farsi: نخبه؛ سرآمد Finnish flag Finnish: eliitti
French flag French: élite Hebrew flag Hebrew: עִלִית Hindi flag Hindi: अभिजात वर्ग
Croatian flag Croatian: elita Hungarian flag Hungarian: elit Indonesian flag Indonesian: elit
Icelandic flag Icelandic: úrval; heldra fólk Italian flag Italian: élite Japanese flag Japanese: エリート
Korean flag Korean: 엘리트, 최상류의 사람들 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: elitas Latvian flag Latvian: elite
Malay flag Malay: elit Dutch flag Dutch: elite Norwegian flag Norwegian: elite
Polish flag Polish: elita Persian flag Persian: نخبه؛ سرآمد Pashto flag Pashto: غوره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: elite Romanian flag Romanian: elită Russian flag Russian: элита
Slovak flag Slovak: elita Slovenian flag Slovenian: izbranci Serbian flag Serbian: elita
Swedish flag Swedish: elit Thai flag Thai: บุคคลสำคัญในสังคม Turkish flag Turkish: seçkin sınıf
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 精英 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: еліта, добірна частина Urdu flag Urdu: ممتاز طبقہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tầng lớp thượng lưu Chinese flag Chinese: 杰出人物

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