Definitions for elite

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elite e·lite

Spelling: [ih-leet, ey-leet]

IPA: /ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit/

Elite is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in elite (eeilt).

Definitions for elite

noun

1. (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
2. (used with a plural verb) persons of the highest class:
3. a group of persons exercising the major share of authority or influence within a larger group:
4. a type, approximately 10-point in printing-type size, widely used in typewriters and having 12 characters to the inch. Compare pica1 .

adjective

1. representing the most choice or select; best:

Origin of elite

1350-1400; Middle English elit a person elected to office Middle French e(s)lit past participle of e(s)lire to choose; see elect

Examples for elite

After all, they would be, as one of their acquaintances said, among the elite of Beldover.

And they all travel affordably, busting the myth that travel is only for the elite.

But there's very little chance for advancement unless you're one of the elite.

The elite Confectionery will occupy these premises Dec. 10th.

Soon they reached the dirty, plastic front of the elite Cafe.

The Branson School holds an elite reputation in tony Marin County, charging around $40,000 a year for tuition.

The elite of the army was in the Netherlands; there he could find what he desired.

One of five top agencies in Novosibirsk, elite Stars, recently was producing over 200 models every two to three months.

The elite presidential guard stood alert in front of the Mexican National Palace where the president keeps his main office.

"Our Siberian girls are admired more by Asian countries than by the West," elite Stars school director Tatyana Fetisova told me.