world-class

Related to world-class: defiant, receptive

world-class

Of an outstanding or exemplary quality; among the best or top-rated in the world. It was another world-class performance from the young tennis player today. The company is known for their world-class computer products.

world-class

mod. absolutely top rate. Now this is a world-class computer. Lots and lots of memory.

world class

Outstanding in the field. The term, which dates from the mid-1900s, alludes to ranking among the best in the world. For example, “There’s no question that the physics department has world class scientists.”

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Booz Allen Hamilton recently completed a study of several leading health plans, as well as world-class companies from other industries, to identify innovation best practices and to understand the current state of play in new product development among health plans.

Building better health plans: spending more time on research before launching a new health plan can lead to greater innovation and reduce expensive rework

"But if companies are focused on getting to world-class in finance, they need to improve how they do things, not simply change the tools they use to get things done."

Consultant: differences among ERP vendors largely irrelevant to finance office performance

From world-class museums, great jazz and blues clubs, and award-winning theaters to many free cultural events, world-famous sport teams, and unforgettable shopping, Chicago is a great leisure destination.

2004 Black Enterprise African American Travel Guide presented by Allstate

Actually, Hackett's research found no direct correlation between the software package chosen and a company's ability to achieve world-class finance performance, particularly for the three leading vendors: SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle.

The ERP vendor/world-class finance connection

The world-class, 21st century insurance enterprise will maximize sales; enhance the lifetime value of its customers; and streamline operational and processing costs.

The Connected Insurance Enterprise[TM]: new inroads to a profitable future

Today, Delanoe stands as the only openly gay man elected mayor of a powerful, world-class city.

Bertrand Delanoe

World-class labs are designed around very strong functional lab plans.

World-Class Laboratories Design for the Long Term

"This expansion will bring the most advanced casting technology to produce world-class quality products."

Hayes Lemmerz to Expand Capacity

How could any organization possibly make money if it couldn't utilize world-class, value-driven strategies to succeed in a global economy?

Buzz Off!

And that means learning how to build and lead world-class -- or what McKinsey's Jon Katzenbach and Doug Smith refer to as "high-performing" -- teams.(*)

World-class teams

And the most world-class of all his projects-until now-was the wholesale remaking of the Texas school system in the mid-eighties.

The Ross Perot you don't know

World-class manufacturing companies are beating their North American compatriots because of their use of advanced technology.

Technology is key to world class status

In a world-class warehouse, materials handling provides the right amount of the right material in the right condition, in the right sequence, in the right orientation, at the right place, at the right time, and at the right cost by using the right methods.

Right methods = world-class handling

You can get a world-class tan in Hawaii, but if you move a little off the island's eastern shore you can also get soaked by world-class rainfall.

Getting the drop on 'giant' rain

He also ended once and for all the debate over whether or not he is world-class. The England striker (left) didn't put in world-class performances, a la Cristiano Ronaldo against Spain, but he scored goals and led the line in world-class company.