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class

  [klas, klahs]
–noun
1. a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living.
2. a group of students meeting regularly to study a subject under the guidance of a teacher: The class had arrived on time for the lecture.
3. the period during which a group of students meets for instruction.
4. a meeting of a group of students for instruction.
5. a classroom.
6. a number of pupils in a school, or of students in a college, pursuing the same studies, ranked together, or graduated in the same year: She graduated from Ohio State, class of '72.
7. a social stratum sharing basic economic, political, or cultural characteristics, and having the same social position: Artisans form a distinct class in some societies.
8. the system of dividing society; caste.
9. social rank, esp. high rank.
10. the members of a given group in society, regarded as a single entity.
11. any division of persons or things according to rank or grade: Hotels were listed by class, with the most luxurious ones listed first.
12. excellence; exceptional merit: She's a good performer, but she lacks class.
13. Hinduism. any of the four social divisions, the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Shudra, of Hindu society; varna. Compare caste (def. 2).
14. Informal. elegance, grace, or dignity, as in dress and behavior: He may be a slob, but his brother has real class.
15. any of several grades of accommodations available on ships, airplanes, and the like: We bought tickets for first class.
16. Informal. the best or among the best of its kind: This new plane is the class of the wide-bodied airliners.
17. Biology. the usual major subdivision of a phylum or division in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of several orders.
18. British University. any of three groups into which candidates for honors degrees are divided according to merit on the basis of final examinations.
19. drafted or conscripted soldiers, or persons available for draft or conscription, all of whom were born in the same year.
20. Grammar. form class.
21. Ecclesiastical. classis.
22. (in early Methodism) one of several small companies, each composed of about 12 members under a leader, into which each society or congregation was divided.
23. Statistics. a group of measurements that fall within a specified interval.
24. Mathematics. a set; a collection.
25. the classes, the higher ranks of society, as distinguished from the masses.
–adjective
26. Informal. of high quality, integrity, status, or style: class players on a mediocre team.
–verb (used with object)
27. to place or arrange in a class; classify: to class justice with wisdom.
–verb (used without object)
28. to take or have a place in a particular class: those who class as believers.
—Verb phrase
29. class up, Informal. to improve the quality, tone, or status of; add elegance, dignity, style, etc., to: The new carpet and curtains really class up this room.
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Origin:
1590–1600; earlier classis, pl. classes < L: class, division, fleet, army; sing. class back formation from pl.

Related forms:
class⋅a⋅ble, adjective
classer, noun

Synonyms:
27. group, categorize, type, rank, rate.

Usage note:
See collective noun.
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Cultural Dictionary

class

In biology, the classification beneath a phylum and above an order. (See Linnean classification.)

Note: Mammals, reptiles, and insects are classes.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
class

  1. n.
    high style; elegance. : The dame's got class, but no brains.
  2. mod.
    first-rate; high-class. : This was a class suburb just a few years ago.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

class 
1602, from Fr. classe, from L. classis, one of the six orders into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman people for the purposes of taxation, traditionally originally "the people of Rome under arms," and thus akin to calare "to call (to arms)" (see calendar). School and university sense (1656) is from the notion of a form or lecture reserved to a certain level of scholars. Natural history sense is from 1753. Meaning "a division of society according to status" is from 1772. The verb is first recorded 1705. Classy is from 1891. Class-consciousness (1903) is from Ger. klassenbewusst.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

class

  1. See stock class 1.

  2. Option contracts of the same type (put or call) and style (American or European) on the same security and expiring on the same expiration date.


Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: class
Function: noun
: a group of persons or things having characteristics in common: as a : a group of persons who have some common relationship to a person making a will and are designated to receive a gift under the will but whose identities will not be determined until sometime in the future —see also class gift at GIFT b : a group of securities (as stocks or bonds) having similar distinguishing features (as voting rights or priority of redemption) c : a group whose members are represented in a class action d : PROTECTED CLASS e : a group of crimes forming a category distinguished by a common characteristic (as the use of violence or the requirement for a maximum penalty)class A felony>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: class
Pronunciation: 'klas
Function: noun
often attributive : a group, set, or kind marked by common attributes or a common attribute;especially : a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order and below the phylum or division class Mammalia includes the most advanced vertebratesincluding humans>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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class (klās)
n.
A taxonomic category ranking below a phylum or division and above an order.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Science Dictionary
class   (klās)  Pronunciation Key 
A taxonomic category of organisms ranking above an order and below a phylum or division. In modern taxonomic schemes, the names of classes end in -phyceae for the various groups of algae, -mycetes for fungi, and -opsida for plants (as in Liliopsida, the class of plants also termed monocotyledons). The names of classes belonging to phyla of the animal kingdom, however, are formed in various ways, as Osteichthyes the bony fishes, Aves, the birds, and Mammalia, the mammals, all of which are classes belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata (the vertebrates) in the phylum Chordata. See Table at taxonomy.
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