class
Forms
- Plural
- classes
- present (v1)
- class
- past (v2)
- classed
- past participle (v3)
- classed
- present participle
- classing
- 3rd person singular
- classes
Definitions
1.A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
- 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.
2.Admirable behavior; elegance.
- Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
3.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.
- I want to run for class president.
- Tom is the youngest one in our class.
- Didn't you have class today?
4.The division of society into classes.
- Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
1.great; fabulous(slang)
- To talented authors Tim Ash and Brian Reich for introducing me to John Wiley & Sons, a truly class outfit.
1.To assign to a class; to classify.
- I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
2.To be grouped or classed.
3.To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #439
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle 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”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”).