class
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[edit] Etymology
From 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”)
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- Rhymes: -ɑːs
[edit] Noun
class (countable and uncountable; plural classes)
- (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
- The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
- That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.
- Often used to imply membership of a large class.
- This word has a whole class of metaphoric extensions.
- Often used to imply membership of a large class.
- 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, BBC Sport:
- The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.
- (countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class.
- (uncountable) The division of society into classes.
- Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
- (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
- Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
- (countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
- The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.
- A series of classes covering a single subject.
- I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.
- (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
- The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.
- (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
- I used to fly business class, but now my company can only afford economy.
- (biology, taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
- Magnolias belong to the class Magnoliopsida.
- (computing) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.
- (mathematics) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
- The class of all sets is not a set.
- Best of its kind.
- It is the class of Italian bottled waters.
- 1913 Jun 27, “The Crime Is Not in Making a Mistake, but in Repeating It.”, Chicago Tribune:
- The mark made by Cory a new Central A. U. mark and he appears to be the class of the field in this event.
- 1929 Oct 27, “89,000 Watch So. California Defeat Stanford, 7 to 0”, Chicago Tribune:
- University of Southern California's 7 to 0 defeat of the mighty Cardinal team ranked the victors the class of the far west
- 2009 May 8, “Waianae forces OIA rematch”, Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
- Roosevelt (14-1) looked very much like the class of the OIA.
- (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:class
[edit] Derived terms
Derived terms
[edit] Translations
group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes
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social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.
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division of society into classes
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admirable behavior; elegance
group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher
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series of classes covering a single subject
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group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year
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category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation
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classification below Phylum and above Order
programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior
mathematics: collection of sets definable by a shared property
military: persons subject to the same draft
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[edit] Verb
class (third-person singular simple present classes, present participle classing, simple past and past participle classed)
- (transitive) To assign to a class.
- I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
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Derived terms
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to assign to a class
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[edit] Adjective
class (not comparable)
[edit] Related terms
related terms
[edit] Statistics
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Most common English words before 1923: greatly · floor · example · #983: class · century · sorry · share
[edit] External links
- class in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- class in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
