class
- noun
- /klæs/
- - We need someone with class and style.
- world-class
- first-class
Well, like, have class when you're losing, have class.
- Well, like, have class when you're losing, have class.
- But do it with dignity, do it with class, do it with respect.
- One is you are saying to the person you have class, I did something for you.
- They're not world class, but they are, they are country class.
- No, but it's it's class, you know, to to know that.
- Amateur boxing is about skill and class and it's it's, it's a proper sport.
- Captures the highs and the lows of high class business problems.
Examples
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I was a young scientist working with a world-class team on cutting-edge research.
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We will be back with top class guests really soon.
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But do it with dignity, do it with class, do it with respect.
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Won't hurt to have a little class around.
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Talks tough, but she's all class.
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Jada Pinkett Smith is an example in class and beauty.
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Her understated elegance and poise gave her a sense of class that impressed everyone at the event.
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He always carries himself with great class, making sure to dress appropriately for every occasion.
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Maintaining class in difficult situations reflects true character and sophistication.
Synonyms
A graceful, stylish way of looking or behaving that shows good taste
Polite and elegant behavior that shows high social standing
A polite, calm, and stylish way of behaving common in cities
A quality of being elegant, stylish, and showing good taste
Being stylish and elegant in a simple way
A quality of being fashionable and attractive
A neat, stylish, smart way of dressing
A clean, stylish way of dressing
A style that seems elegant and upper class
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A lawsuit brought by some people for a larger group with similar claims
Having higher than average income, education, and social position among the middle class
- US
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
A school class where students learn how to care for their body, for example nutrition and personal hygiene
- US
The year before the final year in high school or college, usually the third of four years
- UK
An official list published after exams showing students and the degree class they received
- Formal
A fast mail service for letters and small packages that is delivered before other mail
- NSFW
An art class where students draw, paint, or sculpt a live person who holds a pose often nude
A university undergraduate degree given to students with the highest grades
A class that teaches breathing, relaxation, and simple exercises to use during birth
- Specialized
A group of sea animals like sea urchins and sand dollars with spines and body parts arranged around the center
- Archaic
A former group of plants that included horsetails and extinct relatives
- Specialized
A group of seed plants with features like both conifers and flowering plants
- Archaic
A group of small plants called liverworts that live mainly in moist places
- Specialized
Flowering plants that have one seed leaf and usually parallel veins, like grasses and palms
- Specialized
A group of simple living things called slime molds that move and form visible colonies
- Specialized
Simple green plants like whisk ferns that have no true roots and make spores
- Specialized
A word from a small fixed set that helps show grammar, like in or and
- Specialized
A main group of words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives that show a word's role in a sentence
How Elegant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Class originally meant 'a group' and comes from Latin classis. People in a higher class had more money or position and were seen as stylish, so saying someone has 'class' means they show good manners and style.