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class

UK/klɑːs/ US/klæs/ very common slang
noun (8) verb (1)

noun

1.

people having the same social or economic status

  • “the working class”
  • “an emerging professional class”
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2.

a body of students who are taught together

  • “early morning classes are always sleepy”
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3.

education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings

  • “he took a course in basket weaving”
  • “flirting is not unknown in college classes”
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4.

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

  • “there are two classes of detergents”
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5.

a body of students who graduate together

  • “the class of”
  • “;”
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6.

a league ranked by quality

  • “he played baseball in class D for two years”
  • “Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA”
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7.

elegance in dress or behavior

  • “she has a lot of class”
8.

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

verb

1.

arrange or order by classes or categories

  • “How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”
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Origin

From Middle French classe, from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Doublet of clas and classis.

Phrases

  • abstract factory class
  • Aegis class cruiser
  • airman first class
  • best in class
  • booking class
  • cattle class
  • Chern class
  • class A

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