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class

class

1.0
A group of students taught together or who graduate in the same year
  • noun
  • /klæs/
translation icon : clase
  • Just as all students are unique, each class of students has a unique group dynamic.
  • take classes
  • attend classes
  • class students

We'll see how large the class is next week.

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Examples

  • In our school, each class has between twenty and thirty students who learn together.

  • This will be the last class you can get into.

  • We'll see how large the class is next week.

  • If you see that happening in class, just walk out.

  • So I decided to teach this class for free for eight weeks.

  • And I learned so much in that class with his bad English.

  • This probably my favorite class of my high school career.

  • Even a bad teacher knows that a class takes on a life of its own.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Brandon was in the same creative writing class as Adam in the fall of 2009.

    Academic text (2011)
  • If you keep up with the class, you'll be fine.

Synonyms

year
vsclass
  • UK
1.0

Students who start or finish school at the same time

focuses also on taught groups and lessons, not only cohort timing
grade
vsclass
  • US
955 1.4

A group of students who are taught together at the same school level

includes lessons attended and graduating cohorts rather than only level groups
lesson
vsclass
532 1.0

A period of teaching about one subject

refers to the student group or graduating cohort rather than a single teaching event
form
vsclass
  • UK
26 4.9

A group of students taught together in the same year at school

is a more general grouping that may not move up together
15 3.0

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

also refers to taught groups or lessons, not only the graduating cohort
class period
vsclass
1 1.8

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

refers to the student group or the lessons themselves rather than the time slot
course session
vsclass
2.5

A scheduled class that is part of a course

describes student groups or ongoing lessons rather than an individual meeting

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 Large

class
1.0
seminar
209 3.7
tutorial
  • UK
25 4.0

Surface Forms

class singular
classes plural

Etymology

Class comes from the Latin classis meaning 'a group', and it was used for groups of people. That's why a school class is the group of students who are taught together or who graduate in the same year.