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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.

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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clas⋅sis

[klas-is]

–noun, plural clas⋅ses [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; < L: class

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class (klās)

A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category.
A division based on quality, rank, or grade, as:
1. A grade of mail: a package sent third class.
2. A quality of accommodation on public transport: tourist class.
3. A social stratum whose members share certain economic, social, or cultural characteristics: the lower-income classes.
4. Social rank or caste, especially high rank.
5. Informal Elegance of style, taste, and manner: an actor with class.
6. A group of students who are taught together because they have roughly the same level of academic development.
7. A group of students or alumni who have the same year of graduation.
8. A group of students who meet at a regularly scheduled time to study the same subject.
9. The period during which such a group meets: had to stay after class.
1. A social stratum whose members share certain economic, social, or cultural characteristics: the lower-income classes.
2. Social rank or caste, especially high rank.
3. Informal Elegance of style, taste, and manner: an actor with class.
4. A group of students who are taught together because they have roughly the same level of academic development.
5. A group of students or alumni who have the same year of graduation.
6. A group of students who meet at a regularly scheduled time to study the same subject.
7. The period during which such a group meets: had to stay after class.
A level of academic development, as in an elementary or secondary school.
1. A group of students who are taught together because they have roughly the same level of academic development.
2. A group of students or alumni who have the same year of graduation.
3. A group of students who meet at a regularly scheduled time to study the same subject.
4. The period during which such a group meets: had to stay after class.
Biology A taxonomic category ranking below a phylum or division and above an order. See Table at taxonomy.
Statistics An interval in a frequency distribution.
Linguistics A group of words belonging to the same grammatical category that share a particular set of morphological properties, such as a set of inflections.

tr.v. classed, class·ing, class·es
To arrange, group, or rate according to qualities or characteristics; assign to a class; classify.

[French classe, from Latin classis, class of citizens; see kelə-² in Indo-European roots.]

clas·ses (klās'ēz)

n. Plural of classis.

clas·sis (klās'ĭs)

n. pl. clas·ses (-ēz) Ecclesiastical

A governing body of pastors and elders in certain Reformed churches, having jurisdiction over local churches.
The district or churches governed by such a body.

[Latin, class of citizens; see class.]

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.

Language Translation for : classes

Spanish: clase,

German: die Gruppe,

Japanese: 種類

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