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# elite

«elite» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small group of people who are the best at something, or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (the elite, elites); adjective (elite)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The elite is a small group of people who are the best at something, or who have the most power, money or importance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/#m1)

2) Elite (adjective) means the very best or of the highest level, as in elite athletes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/#m2)

3) Sometimes «the elite» is used as a complaint about rich, powerful people who seem out of touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Sport (elite athletes, elite teams), the army (elite soldiers), and politics lessons, where «elites» is a word in arguments. Phrases: the elite, elite athletes, elite squad, elite schools.

### examples

- Only elite athletes can run that fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/#x1)
- The elite squad trained every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/#x2)
- She joined the elite group of chess players at the club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/#x3)
- Some people say the elite do not understand ordinary families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/#x4)
- The country's elite went to the same old schools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/#x5)
- Elite gymnasts start training very young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/#x6)

### note

Say «ay-LEET» or «ih-LEET». «The elite» takes a plural or singular verb. In arguments, notice that calling someone «elite» can be praise or an insult — check the tone. Elitism means favouring a small top group.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «elite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.