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class

class

1.8
A group of people or things with a shared quality
  • noun
  • /klæs/
translation icon : clase
  • Instructor factors mediate the impact of the teaching methods on class interaction and in-class learning.
  • middle class
  • working class
  • social class

You know, no one wants the working class to be inspired.

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Examples

  • You know, no one wants the working class to be inspired.

  • Though the initial program covered only a small class of commercial cases, it proved itself quickly.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But after all, this class really is a science class.

  • Then they asked me if I would be willing to sit in first class.

  • Female faculty members taught girls' physical education classes, and male faculty members taught boys' physical education classes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Students received a template and spent some class time on the project in a computer lab.

    Academic text (1999)
  • There's a large and growing class divide in family life.

  • Fowler reads stories to the children in a class she teaches on social skills.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Throughout the process, issues of gender, class, and stigma surfaced in theater exercises, discussions, and arguments.

    Academic text (2011)
  • This book is divided into three main classes of animals: mammals, reptiles, and birds.

Synonyms

type
vsclass
1.0

A group of things or people that share the same features

is used for groups while emphasizing example domains like society and competitions
category
vsclass
658 2.7

A group of things or people that have the same features

is the general label but highlights broader status or quality across fields
division
vsclass
139 3.1

A level group in a sports league for teams of similar skill

is a general grouping across contexts rather than a ranked competitive subdivision
weight class
vsclass
15 2.9

A group of athletes with similar body weight in a sport to make matches fair

is broader applying to many traits and contexts beyond weight grouping
social class
vsclass
11 3.0

A group of people with similar money, jobs, or education

is the broad category used across society science and competitions not only social status
stratum
vsclass
  • Specialized
2 7.8

A group of people with similar social position, income, and education

is the broader category covering many kinds of shared characteristics not only social levels
1 3.7

A group of people with similar income, job and education levels

is the general grouping that also applies outside social and economic contexts
age class
vsclass
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A group of people of similar ages, for example children or older adults

is a general category across qualities and statuses not limited to age

Compounds

516 2.0

People with moderate income and education who are not rich or poor

201 3.2

Of people or families with a moderate income and some education

82 3.4

Very high in quality and among the best in the world

69 2.8

People who do manual or factory work and earn hourly wages

56 3.4

Relates to people who do manual or factory jobs and earn wages

53 3.4

The most comfortable and expensive seats on a plane, train, or ship

49 3.4

Of the highest quality and very good

class action
  • Specialized
39 4.4

A lawsuit brought by some people for a larger group with similar claims

35 3.7

In the most comfortable and expensive way when you travel

27 1.0

A lesson where students learn to draw, paint or make sculptures

24 6.4

Conflict between rich and working people over money and power

20 2.8

Students who are in their last year of high school or college

class act
  • Informal
17 4.0

A person who shows skill and style when things are difficult

Having higher than average income, education, and social position among the middle class

A group of students who finish their studies in the same year

15 3.4

A small group of people who control the government and have most money

15 3.4

A social group with the most money and power

15 2.9

A group of athletes with similar body weight in a sport to make matches fair

14 2.7

People with little money, education, or power in society

11 2.4

A group of students in their first year at a college or high school

11 4.3

Belonging to the richest and most powerful people in society

11 3.0

A group of people with similar money, jobs, or education

class clown
  • Informal
9 3.4

A student who makes classmates laugh by acting silly in class

9 2.2

A mail service that gives letters and small packages faster delivery

7 3.1

A school course where students learn hands-on skills like building things from wood or metal

Having a modest income and social position in the lower part of the middle class

A lawsuit started by one or more people for many others with the same problem

7 1.8

A school class where students learn how to care for their body, for example nutrition and personal hygiene

5 5.8

A fight between rich and poor groups over money and power

5 3.5

People who have little money, little education, or low social status

third class
  • Archaic
5 3.9

The cheapest part of a ship or train with basic seats and little comfort

5 5.3

A class taught by an expert for advanced students, often in music or art

sergeant first class
  • Specialized
4 5.5

A senior Army soldier who leads and trains other soldiers

A conflict between rich owners and workers over money and power

4 3.2

Cheaper seats or rooms on transport with fewer services than first class

The cheapest seats on a plane, train, or ship with basic services

3 3.2

The highest rank or grade given for very good work

3 2.3

A group of students in their second year at high school or college

3 2.1

The year before the final year in high school or college, usually the third of four years

1 3.9

An official list published after exams showing students and the degree class they received

1 1.8

A set time during the school day when a subject is taught

1 2.2

A fast mail service for letters and small packages that is delivered before other mail

The way a society is divided into groups by money, job, or social position

age class
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A group of people of similar ages, for example children or older adults

life class
  • NSFW
1 6.1

An art class where students draw, paint, or sculpt a live person who holds a pose often nude

1 3.0

By a cheaper travel or mail service that is slower than first class

1 3.8

A category below the highest level in rank or quality

A group of people with similar income, job and education levels

A university undergraduate degree given to students with the highest grades

A cheaper travel class on a ship, train, or plane than first class

cattle class
  • Offensive
6.0

The cheapest, most crowded seats on an airplane with little space

A class that teaches breathing, relaxation, and simple exercises to use during birth

class Bryopsida
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of moss plants that have leaf-like green parts

9.9

A former group of fungi with no known sexual stage

class Echinoidea
  • Specialized
9.6

A group of sea animals like sea urchins and sand dollars with spines and body parts arranged around the center

9.9

A former group of plants that included horsetails and extinct relatives

class feeling
  • Formal
7.2

Feelings of envy, anger, or support between social classes

class fellow
  • Indian
2.7

A person who is in the same class at school or university as you

class Ginkgopsida
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of plants that includes the ginkgo tree Ginkgo biloba

class Gnetopsida
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of seed plants with features like both conifers and flowering plants

class Hepaticae
  • Archaic
9.9

A group of small plants called liverworts that live mainly in moist places

class Liliopsida
  • Specialized
9.1

Flowering plants that have one seed leaf and usually parallel veins, like grasses and palms

9.9

A group of plants like club mosses and quillworts

class Lycopodineae
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of plants like clubmosses that have tubes to carry water

class Myxomycetes
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of simple living things called slime molds that move and form visible colonies

class Psilotatae
  • Specialized
9.9

Simple green plants like whisk ferns that have no true roots and make spores

class Taxopsida
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of yew trees used in some plant classifications

closed-class word
  • Specialized
8.3

A word from a small fixed set that helps show grammar, like in or and

2.9

Mail handled first and sent faster, like letters or postcards

A fast mail service for letters and postcards that gets priority delivery

form class
  • Specialized
6.9

A group of words that do the same job in grammar, like a noun or verb

A lesson where people learn the lively Lindy Hop swing dance

major form class
  • Specialized
7.7

A main group of words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives that show a word's role in a sentence

How Broad

category
658 2.7
group
1.0
class
1.8
subclass
1 3.9

Surface Forms

class singular
classes plural

Etymology

Class comes from a Latin word classis meaning 'a group' or 'division'. So when we talk about a class in society, science, or competitions, we mean a group of people or things that share the same quality or status.