Definitions for class

Definitions for (noun) class

Main entry: course, course of instruction, course of study, class

Definition: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

Usage: he took a course in basket weaving; flirting is not unknown in college classes


Main entry: class

Definition: elegance in dress or behavior

Usage: she has a lot of class


Main entry: social class, socio-economic class, class, stratum

Definition: people having the same social, economic, or educational status

Usage: the working class; an emerging professional class


Main entry: class, category, family

Definition: a collection of things sharing a common attribute

Usage: there are two classes of detergents


Main entry: class

Definition: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders


Main entry: course, class, grade, form

Definition: a body of students who are taught together

Usage: early morning classes are always sleepy


Main entry: class, year

Definition: a body of students who graduate together

Usage: the class of '97; she was in my year at Hoehandle High


Main entry: division, class

Definition: a league ranked by quality

Usage: he played baseball in class D for two years; Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA


Definitions for (verb) class

Main entry: class, classify, assort, separate, sort, sort out

Definition: arrange or order by classes or categories

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


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