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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.
EXPANDa 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, especially 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.
COLLAPSEthe 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.
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Classes
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
verb (used without object)
Verb phrase28.
to take or have a place in a particular class: those who class as believers.
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.
Origin:
1590–1600; earlier classis, plural classes < Latin: class, division, fleet, army; singular class back formation from plural
1590–1600; earlier classis, plural classes < Latin: class, division, fleet, army; singular class back formation from plural
Related forms
class·a·ble, adjective
class·er, noun
mis·class, verb
re·class, verb (used with object)
un·class·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
27. group, categorize, type, rank, rate.
27. group, categorize, type, rank, rate.
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noun, plural clas·ses 
[klas-eez] . (in certain Reformed churches)
[klas-eez] . (in certain Reformed churches) 1.
the organization of pastors and elders that governs a group of local churches; a presbytery.
2.
the group of churches governed by such an organization.
Origin:
1585–95; < Latin: class
1585–95; < Latin: class
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Word Origin & History
class
c.1600, 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
EXPANDand university sense (1650s) 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. Class-consciousness (1903) is from Ger. klassenbewusst.
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Medical Dictionary
class (klās)
n.
A taxonomic category ranking below a phylum or division and above an order.
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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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Cultural Dictionary
class definition
In biology, the classification beneath a phylum and above an order. (See Linnean classification.)
Note: Mammals, reptiles, and insects are classes.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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