in a class by oneself

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

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

transitive verb

adjective

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