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If you attend school, you probably have a favorite class a series of lectures or discussions where you can learn about a particular subject, like English, math, or economics.

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A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.

Noun
education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

Noun
elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"

Noun
people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

Noun
a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"

Noun
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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Noun
a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

Noun
a body of students who graduate together; "the class of ''97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"

Noun
a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"

Verb
arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"


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A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.

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A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.

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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.

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A set; a kind or description, species or variety.

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One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader.

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To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.

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To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

v. i.
To grouped or classed.


Class

Class , n. [F. classe, fr. L. classis class, collection, fleet; akin to Gr. a calling, to call, E. claim, haul.] 1. A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes. 2. A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies. 3. 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, gemera, etc. 4. A set; a kind or description, species or variety.
She had lost one class energies.
5. (Methodist Church) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader. Class of a curve (Math.), the kind of a curve as expressed by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point to the curve. A circle is of the second class. -- Class meeting (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction.

Class

Class , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Classed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Classing.] [Cf. F. classer. See Class, n.] 1. To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages. &hand; In scientific arrangement, to classify is used instead of to class. Dana. 2. To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

Class

Class, v. i. To grouped or classed.
The genus or famiky under which it classes.

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.

To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.

To grouped or classed.

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Usage Examples

Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together, and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class.

Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I'm almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I'm crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class.

All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheesemaking class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to only get me kitchen stuff on my birthday. I'm into every kind of cookbook and anything by Anthony Bourdain. I'd love to own a restaurant if I could find the right chef.

As far as luxury goes, about the only thing I do is... I go first class all the way. I live on the road, so when I'm out there, I'm getting the nice hotel suite, I'm getting the luxury car, I'm eating the good food, and I make sure I take care of myself on the road.

Acknowledging class was always difficult for 'New Democrats' - it was second-wave, it was divisive - but 2008 made retro politics cool again.

Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?

Anyone who teaches knows that you don't really experience a text until you've taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class.

And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, 'will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?' The answer would be 'Yes we can!'

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Other Usage Examples

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development.

Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials.

All the sudden high-impact stress can really take a toll on your body. So if you still want to be active and get in a good workout, go to a yoga class or pilates class, or get in some strength and conditioning.

As I've said many times, the single most oppressed class in America right now is the teenager.

And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

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