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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

de primeira

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dʒi pɾiˈmeɾɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
A-number-1/ˌeɪˌnʌmbərˈwʌn/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Este hotel é de primeira linha."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    First-class; of the highest quality, excellence, or importance.

    "They hired an A-number-1 mechanic to overhaul the vintage engine."
As noun
  1. 1

    Something or someone of the highest quality or supreme standing.

    "Among the local eateries, this diner is an absolute A-number-1."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in late 19th-century American English, the term combines the indefinite article 'a' with 'number one' to denote the highest category in rating systems, such as Lloyd's Register of Shipping where 'A1' denoted a vessel in first-class condition. Over time, it transitioned from a formal classification code into an idiomatic descriptor for supreme excellence and top-tier quality.

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