someone who is very careful about choosing things
choosy ':ju:/.i [adj not before noun] inkor mal someone who is choosy chooses things carefully and only wants the things that they think are the best: / get offered а lot of work now. so I can be more choosy. + about She's very choosy about what airline she travels on.
/ussy/picky fASK pik) [acjjj [NK)KMAI
someone who is picky or fussy is difficult
to please because they only like a few things and will only accept exactly what they want: Don't be so pickyl Eat what you are given.
+ about She was always very fussy about her clothes.
picky//ussy eater (=someone who will only eat the few things they like)
selective si/lektiv/ [adj not before noun] careful about what you choose, so that you only choose the best or most suitable things
CLASS IN SOCIETY
class based on your job, your family, how much you earn etc
if you mean 'a class in a school',
go tO education
see also position/rank
D someone's social class
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class /kla:s||klss/ (n C/U| the social group that you belong to because of your job, the type of family you come from, or the amount of money you have: Success in this country seems to be based on class rather than on ability, t the professional and managerial classes the class system (=the system by which society is divided into classes) The old class system is slowly disappearing. social class (=the class in society you come from) There is a clear link between social class and educational achievement.
classes
background /'bakgraond/ In CI the type of home and family that you come from, and its social class: The school takes kids from all sorts of backgrounds, I We come from the same town and have a similar background.
+ about People are becoming more and more selective about what foods they buy.
working-class/middleclass etc background The organization helps children from working-class backgrounds to go to university.
Ж The upper classes means the same as . the upper class-
Qposh <poJl|pa:J7 ledj] bhttish spoken someone who is posh behaves and speaks in a way in which upper-class people usually behave or speak: Will your posh university friends be coming tonight?
posh school/hotel/restaurant etc (-one
that is very expensive, that rich people go to) She went to a posh girls' school in Switzerland.
!д People often use the word posh when they are making fun of other people.
the aristocracy jdi .aer^'stDkresil-'sta:-/
[n singular] the people who belong to families that own a lot of land, and used to have a lot of power, and have special titles before their names, like Lord or 'Lady' - used especially when you are talking about the past: senior members of the British aristocracy I the French aristocracy
the middle class
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middle-class /,midl *kla:s<<||-'klaes<«/ [adj]
belonging to the class of people who are usually well educated, fairly rich, and who work in jobs which they have trained for a long time to do; for example, doctors, lawyers, and managers are middle-class: a newspaper whose readers are mostly middle-class I They live in a middle-class neighbourhood on the edge of town. the middle class/the middle classes (=people who are middle-class) The government needs the support of the middle classes to win the next election.
A The middle classes means the same as the middle dass-
В the highest class
upper-class /лрэг klais^-'klaes*/ [adj\
belonging to the class of people who originally had most of the money and power, especially families that own a lot of land: Most senior politicians in the UK are from upper-class families. I He spoke with an upperclass accent. the upper class/the upper classes ^people who are upper class) In South America, the upper classes tend to be European in origin.
white-collar wait kobr«||-'ka:-/ [adj only before noun] white-collar worker/job/
employee someone who works in an office, not a factory, mine etc: The economic recession has put many white-collar workers in danger of losing their jobs.
the lowest class
working-class /,W3irkiq 'kiais^-'klaes*/ (ad;) belonging to the class of people who do not have much money or power, and
who have jobs where they do physical work; for example, factory workers, builders, and drivers are working-class: Most of the people who live round here are working-class. I He's from a working- class background.
the working class/the working classes
(=people who are working class) Cuts in welfare spending affect the working class most.
tx The working classes means the same as the working class
blue-collar ;Wu: knlor«||-'ku:- |adj only before noun] blue-collar worker/job/ employee someone who does physical work, for example in a factory or a mine, and does not work in an office; His political support comes mainly from blue- collar workers.
underclass Andorklu:s||-kI&s [n singular] the lowest social class, who are very poor and may not have jobs, homes etc: The government has created an underclass who do not feel they have any rights in society.