Noun: class klãs
- A collection of things sharing a common attribute
"there are two classes of detergents";
- category, family
- A body of students who are taught together
"early morning classes are always sleepy"; "The third grade class went on a field trip";
- form, grade [N. Amer], course
- People having the same social, economic, or educational status
"an emerging professional class"; "the working class";
- stratum, social class, socio-economic class
- Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
"flirting is not unknown in college classes";
- course, course of study, course of instruction
- A body of students who graduate together
"the class of '97";
- year
- A league ranked by quality
"he played baseball in class D for two years";
- division
- Elegance in dress or behaviour
"she has a lot of class"
- A category associated with a particular level of service, e.g. of seats in an aircraft, train, etc.
"He upgraded to business class for the long-haul flight"
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
"Mammals and birds are two classes within the phylum Chordata"
- (object-oriented programming) a template containing related functions, variables, properties etc. that is used to generate instances (where each object's instance may have different specific values of the class properties)
"The programmer defined a 'Car' class with properties like colour and model"
- Arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you class these pottery shards—are they prehistoric?";
- classify, sort, assort, sort out, separate
Derived forms: classed, classes, classing
Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, categorise [Brit], categorize, collection, conference, didactics, education, educational activity, elegance, elegancy [archaic], gathering, instruction, league, pedagogy, people, taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group, teaching
Part of: class structure, phylum, society
Encyclopedia: Class, Sarah