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class (klas, kläs)

noun

  1. a number of people or things grouped together because of certain likenesses or common traits; kind; sort; category
  2. a group of people considered as a unit according to economic, occupational, or social status; esp., a social rank or caste the working class, the middle class
  3. high social rank or caste
  4. the division of society into ranks or castes
  5. ☆
    1. a group of students taught together according to standing, subject, etc.
    2. a meeting of such a group
    3. a group of students graduating together the class of 1988
    4. any group of persons that share a given year, as those elected to public office or selected for some honor
  6. a division or grouping according to grade or quality as orators, the President and the Senator were not in the same class
  7. conscripted troops, or men liable to conscription, all of whom were born in the same year to call up the class of 1947
  8. Biol. a major category in the classification of animals, plants, etc., ranking above an order and below a division or phylum: it can include one order or many similar orders: the Latinized class names are capitalized but not italicized (Ex.: Mammalia, mammals)
  9. Gram. in some languages, the formal classification by which nouns are grouped according to animateness, sex, shape, and other criteria
  10. Informal excellence, esp. of style or appearance

Etymology: Fr classe < L classis, class or division of the Roman people; akin to calare, to call: see clamor

transitive verb

to put in a class; classify

adjective

  1. first-class; very good
  2. elegant; classy
class Idioms

in a class by itself

or in a class by oneself
unique
class2 definition

class

classification

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class Synonyms

class

n.

  1. A classification

    category, division, group, kind, sort, degree, order, rank, grade, standing, level, genus, distinction, breed, type, kingdom, subdivision, phylum, subphylum, subclass, superorder, family, cast, mold, sect, quality, rate, collection, denomination, department, species, variety, branch, genre, range, brand, set, estate, hierarchy, section, domain, nature, suit, color, origin, character, humor, frame, temperament, school, designation, temper, sphere, brood, spirit, vein, persuasion, head, province, league, make, grain, feather, source, name, mood, habit, form, selection, stamp, stripe, status, range, streak, property, aspect, disposition, tone; see also classification 1, state 2.

  2. A division of society

    caste, social rank, social stratum, stratum, status, station, socioeconomic level, cultural level, family, breed, sect, layer of society, standing, place, sphere, circle, stock, clan, nobility, high rank, pedigree, society, prestige, income bracket, income group, title, degree, position, connection, precedence, genealogy, power, company, derivation, source, descent, birth, ancestry, influence, hierarchy, state, lineage, condition, strain, tribe, moiety, estate, extraction, origin; see also sense 1, rank 3, tribe.

  3. A group organized for study

    course, section, subject, grade, level, year, form, lecture, recitation, seminar, colloquium, discussion group, round table, meeting for study, period, lesson, assembly, group, session, room, division, course of study.

  4. *High quality

    elegance, refinement, distinction, panache; see elegance 1.

in a class by itself

unique, unusual, different, one of a kind; see unique 1.


class

v.

identify, rank, grade, categorize; see classify, mark 2.


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class Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • attend: I started to attend Relaxation classes which are held in an office block in the City Center where I go for my Momentum classes.

Adjective modifier

  • middle: These provided for young men of the upper and middle classes.

Modifies a noun

  • struggle: Forward your hips achieve their identities class struggle abolish the us.

Noun used with modifier

  • ruling: LEADERSHIP IN THE GENERAL STRIKE By 1926 the ruling class was prepared to face a wholesale confrontation with the working class.
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class quotes

The widespread belief that Yuppies as a class would perish from Brie-cheese poisoning turned out to be over-optimistic.

-Adler,Jerry

   Therearetwo ideas of government.Therearethose who believethat, if you will only legislatetomakethewell-to- do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislateto make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them.

-Bryan,WilliamJennings

Lord Salisbury constitutes himself the spokesman of a class, of the class to which he himself belongs, who'toil not neither do they spin'.

-Chamberlain,Joseph

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