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Definition of middle class in English: middle classnoun treated as singular or plural The social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business people and their families. the urbanization and expansion of the middle class commerce brought ever-increasing wealth to the middle classes Example sentencesExamples - Distinctions can be drawn between the urban upper and urban middle classes.
- They had been childhood sweethearts, both growing up in affluent middle class families in Lagos.
- The republic was built on the petty bourgeoisie and the middle classes.
- In every single sphere of British influence, the upper echleons of power in 2013 are held overwhelmingly by the privately educated or the affluent middle class.
- The working classes and middle classes are now at the mercies of the regional land market.
- Jobs are no longer guaranteed, even for the educated middle classes, and there is poverty right next to the opulent palaces of the rulers.
- While a newly affluent middle class is growing, so are the ranks of the new poor.
- There was a rapidly growing urban middle class and signs of political openness from time to time.
- I want the working class and the middle class and the upper class, and in Britain I've got it.
- A great many collectors from the upper aristocracy or rich middle classes called on her skill.
- Inflation destabilized the middle classes, the only social group on whom the Liberals could rely for support.
- It wasn't just the working and middle classes she failed to charm.
- In the eighteenth century the outlook of some groups in the upper and middle classes began to evolve in a new direction.
- There was no large and mobile urban middle class with time and money to spend communing with nature in the national parks.
- There is less violence in the affluent middle class areas, where people are too busy getting on with their lives to re-fight old struggles.
- The defeat of Austria by Prussia brought home to Napoleon the need to reconcile all classes, especially the educated middle classes, to the regime.
- The site is decidedly apolitical, and betrays no overt signs of the ongoing tension between the increasingly reformist, secular-leaning educated middle class, and the fundamentalist ruling elite.
- The war is an issue that the educated middle classes feel very profoundly about.
- However, I don't think that means only the middle classes are interested in social justice issues.
- Marriage in the Western sense was more likely to occur among the upper and middle classes.
adjective 1Relating to the middle class. Example sentencesExamples - Heck, we were just a pair of skinny, middle-class white guys from the suburbs.
- Being middle-class implies having enough money to spend on things beyond the basic necessities.
- Until the 1970s anti-growth thinking was generally the preserve of a middle-class elite.
- In some cities, new middle-class suburbs were linked to urban centers by large avenues.
- They typically target middle-class areas, where they know the residents will be likely to have good credit ratings.
- It also shows that pupils from the lower end of the social scale are beginning to close the educational gap on middle-class pupils.
- They start from a famous name or from the cushioning confidence-booster of a solid middle-class education.
- And he found a sedate, respectable, middle-class partner from the suburbs of London.
- They argue that these benefits can make the sums even more compelling, especially for middle-class families.
- No middle-class parents I have ever met actually believe that their kid's school is one of the bad ones.
- Five miles south of the chaos of Cairo is a quiet middle-class suburb called Maadi.
- What you get is a huge subsidy for middle-class teenagers and a reduction in direct support for working-class ones.
- The focus is on a middle-class family, which is striving hard for survival.
- Some comprehensives, particularly those in middle-class suburbs, succeed.
- Neighbours in the quiet, middle-class area expressed shock at what happened.
- A middle-class boy from the suburbs would have picked up a camera at art school, but Jobson took two decades to find his metier.
- Support workers also note many of the children are from middle-class families rather than deprived areas of the country.
- Surprisingly, many middle-class customers also enjoy buying from the street vendors.
- They lived in a narrow street in the city, in a middle-class neighbourhood.
- 1.1 Characteristic of the middle class, especially in attaching importance to convention, security, and material comfort.
a rebellion against middle-class values Example sentencesExamples - Her passport out of middle-class conformity came through language.
- It is less clear that Scotland is comfortable with becoming more middle-class.
- There is this commonly shared middle-class fallacy that they have got the tradition.
- Kate was middle-class and comfortable, and her father was a magazine editor.
- Personally, I found this book's exclusively middle-class viewpoint annoyingly narrow.
- It endorses mainstream and largely middle-class values and language.
- If you want to put it another way: middle-class prejudices against ordinary people.
Synonyms middle-class, property-owning, propertied, shopkeeping
Derivatives noun The emphasis on the supposed correctness of their English denotes a certain amount of middle-classness. Example sentencesExamples - There's been a lot written of late about the middle-classness of rock groups such as Keane, as if this was a relatively recent aspect of pop culture, proof at last of an equitable society.
Definition of middle class in US English: middle classnounˈˌmɪdl ˈklæsˈˌmidl ˈklas treated as singular or plural The social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business workers and their families. the urbanization and expansion of the middle class commerce brought ever-increasing wealth to the middle classes Example sentencesExamples - Distinctions can be drawn between the urban upper and urban middle classes.
- They had been childhood sweethearts, both growing up in affluent middle class families in Lagos.
- Inflation destabilized the middle classes, the only social group on whom the Liberals could rely for support.
- It wasn't just the working and middle classes she failed to charm.
- The war is an issue that the educated middle classes feel very profoundly about.
- However, I don't think that means only the middle classes are interested in social justice issues.
- The site is decidedly apolitical, and betrays no overt signs of the ongoing tension between the increasingly reformist, secular-leaning educated middle class, and the fundamentalist ruling elite.
- There was no large and mobile urban middle class with time and money to spend communing with nature in the national parks.
- I want the working class and the middle class and the upper class, and in Britain I've got it.
- Marriage in the Western sense was more likely to occur among the upper and middle classes.
- There was a rapidly growing urban middle class and signs of political openness from time to time.
- While a newly affluent middle class is growing, so are the ranks of the new poor.
- The republic was built on the petty bourgeoisie and the middle classes.
- In every single sphere of British influence, the upper echleons of power in 2013 are held overwhelmingly by the privately educated or the affluent middle class.
- The working classes and middle classes are now at the mercies of the regional land market.
- In the eighteenth century the outlook of some groups in the upper and middle classes began to evolve in a new direction.
- A great many collectors from the upper aristocracy or rich middle classes called on her skill.
- Jobs are no longer guaranteed, even for the educated middle classes, and there is poverty right next to the opulent palaces of the rulers.
- There is less violence in the affluent middle class areas, where people are too busy getting on with their lives to re-fight old struggles.
- The defeat of Austria by Prussia brought home to Napoleon the need to reconcile all classes, especially the educated middle classes, to the regime.
adjectiveˈˌmɪdl ˈklæsˈˌmidl ˈklas middle-class1Relating to the middle class. Example sentencesExamples - Neighbours in the quiet, middle-class area expressed shock at what happened.
- They typically target middle-class areas, where they know the residents will be likely to have good credit ratings.
- And he found a sedate, respectable, middle-class partner from the suburbs of London.
- Five miles south of the chaos of Cairo is a quiet middle-class suburb called Maadi.
- They lived in a narrow street in the city, in a middle-class neighbourhood.
- Until the 1970s anti-growth thinking was generally the preserve of a middle-class elite.
- Some comprehensives, particularly those in middle-class suburbs, succeed.
- Surprisingly, many middle-class customers also enjoy buying from the street vendors.
- They start from a famous name or from the cushioning confidence-booster of a solid middle-class education.
- In some cities, new middle-class suburbs were linked to urban centers by large avenues.
- The focus is on a middle-class family, which is striving hard for survival.
- What you get is a huge subsidy for middle-class teenagers and a reduction in direct support for working-class ones.
- A middle-class boy from the suburbs would have picked up a camera at art school, but Jobson took two decades to find his metier.
- Being middle-class implies having enough money to spend on things beyond the basic necessities.
- Heck, we were just a pair of skinny, middle-class white guys from the suburbs.
- It also shows that pupils from the lower end of the social scale are beginning to close the educational gap on middle-class pupils.
- No middle-class parents I have ever met actually believe that their kid's school is one of the bad ones.
- They argue that these benefits can make the sums even more compelling, especially for middle-class families.
- Support workers also note many of the children are from middle-class families rather than deprived areas of the country.
- 1.1 Characteristic of the middle class, especially in attaching importance to convention, security, and material comfort.
a rebellion against middle-class values Example sentencesExamples - It is less clear that Scotland is comfortable with becoming more middle-class.
- Her passport out of middle-class conformity came through language.
- Kate was middle-class and comfortable, and her father was a magazine editor.
- Personally, I found this book's exclusively middle-class viewpoint annoyingly narrow.
- It endorses mainstream and largely middle-class values and language.
- There is this commonly shared middle-class fallacy that they have got the tradition.
- If you want to put it another way: middle-class prejudices against ordinary people.
Synonyms middle-class, property-owning, propertied, shopkeeping
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