Definition
Meaning of 'class'
Meaning of 'class' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Class 
[ n.]
- A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common
characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated
class; the lower classes. [ n.]- A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.
- A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
- A set; a kind or description, species or variety.
- One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader.
- To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.
- To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
2. Class [ v. i.]
- To grouped or classed. [ v. i.]Meaning of 'class' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. class [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a body of students who are taught together
- a body of students who are taught together
Example in sentence:
- early morning classes are always sleepy
Meaning (2):
- a league ranked by quality
- a league ranked by quality
Example in sentence:
- he played baseball in class D for two years;
- Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA
Meaning (3):
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
Example in sentence:
- flirting is not unknown in college classes;
- he took a course in basket weaving
Meaning (4):
- elegance in dress or behavior
- elegance in dress or behavior
Example in sentence:
- she has a lot of class
Meaning (5):
- a body of students who graduate together
- a body of students who graduate together
Example in sentence:
- she was in my year at Hoehandle High;
- the class of '97
Meaning (6):
- people having the same social, economic, or educational status
- people having the same social, economic, or educational status
Example in sentence:
- an emerging professional class;
- the working class
Meaning (7):
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Example in sentence:
- there are two classes of detergents
2. class [ v]
[ v]Meaning (8):
- arrange or order by classes or categories
- arrange or order by classes or categories
Example in sentence:
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
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