Definition of class

noun (n)

• a collection of things sharing a common attribute (noun.group)

  Synonym: category, family
  

  Example:
  There are two classes of detergents.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a body of students who are taught together (noun.group)

  Synonym: course, form, grade
  

  Example:
  Early morning classes are always sleepy.
  

  source: wordnet30
• people having the same social, economic, or educational status (noun.group)

  Synonym: social class, socio-economic class, stratum
  

  Example:
  The working class.
  An emerging professional class.
  

  source: wordnet30
• education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings (noun.act)

  Synonym: course, course of instruction, course of study
  

  Example:
  Flirting is not unknown in college classes.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a league ranked by quality (noun.group)

  Synonym: division
  

  Example:
  He played baseball in class D for two years.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a body of students who graduate together (noun.group)

  Synonym: year
  

  Example:
  The class of '97.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group)

  source: wordnet30
• elegance in dress or behavior (noun.attribute)

  Example:
  She has a lot of class.
  

  source: wordnet30
• A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: assort, classify, separate, sort, sort out
  

  Example:
  How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To grouped or classed. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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