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| class [ klass ] |
noun (plural clas·ses) |
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1. group taught together: a group of students or pupils who are taught or study together
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2. period of teaching: a period when students meet to be taught a particular subject
  When's our next biology class?
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3. specific subject taught: a particular course of instruction
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4. students who graduate together: the group of students who graduate from an institution in the same year
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5. group within society: a group of people within a society who share the same social and economic status
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6. social group with similar opportunities: a category of people who have a similar level of opportunity to obtain economic resources and prestige
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7. structure of society: the structure of divisions in a society determined by the social or economic grouping of its members
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8. elegance in style: elegance in appearance, behavior, or lifestyle
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a First Lady with real class
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9. excellence: admirable skill or excellence in performance
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informal
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a player who lacks class
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10. division according to quality: a categorization of services or goods according to quality
This airline has several classes of seating.
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11. group of similar items: a group into which things with at least one characteristic in common are classified
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12. set of related organisms: a major category in the taxonomic classification of related organisms, comprising a group of orders
Elephants and dolphins both belong to the class Mammalia.
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13. mathematics logic
Same as set2n (sense 7)
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14. U.K. university honors degree grade: a grade assigned to university honors degrees in the United Kingdom
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transitive verb (past and past participle classed, present participle class·ing, 3rd person present singular clas·ses) |
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assign somebody or something to group: to assign somebody or something to a particular category or group
if you're classed as eligible to vote
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| [Mid-16th century. < Latin classis "political class"] |
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