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19 2.9
To put people or things into groups by shared features
  • verb
  • /klæs/
translation icon : clasificar
  • In the new system, teachers will class students according to their proficiency in the subject.
  • classed as white
  • classed as male
  • classed as female

So what would you class that as gambling?

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Examples

  • I quite like to class myself as a home gift wrapper.

  • Modes of transport classed as "not active" were cars, taxis, motorcycles, and private-hire buses.

    Academic text (2012)
  • And your your first, what I would class as a really big name.

  • So what would you class that as gambling?

  • There are a significant number of drug actions that can be classed under this heading.

    Academic text (2011)
  • As a result, it has been classed as such and can be obtained legally by prescription only.

    Academic text (2003)
  • And more than half the residential levels here are classed as slums.

  • As mentioned above, components of surgical smoke can be classed as chemical and biological agents.

    Academic text (2015)
  • If Poppy had been a human child, she would have been classed as hyperactive.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Myers, building on the work of Jung, classed this type of person as the extroverted, sensing, thinking judge.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

to sort
vsto class
451 1.0

To put things into groups by type or order

focuses strictly on shared characteristics rather than suitability
to separate
vsto class
225 2.3

To tell how two things are different

focuses on grouping by shared characteristics rather than highlighting differences
to classify
vsto class
110 3.4

To put people or things into groups based on shared features

is the same action but expressed with a different word form
to categorize
vsto class
  • US
59 3.5

To put things or people into groups by what they have in common

is more general covering arranging rather than specific assignment
to group
vsto class
38 1.2

To put people and things together by type or purpose

requires grouping based on shared characteristics not just any gathering
to sort out
vsto class
37 2.8

To put things into groups and into the right order

is mainly about grouping by shared characteristics rather than ordering
to catalog
vsto class
  • US
23 3.9

To list things and write details about them

is focused on grouping by shared characteristics rather than listing items
to assort
vsto class
17 4.2

Put things into groups that are alike

uses shared characteristics only rather than both similarities and differences
to bracket
vsto class
2 5.0

To put people or things into the same group because they share a feature

is a general arranging action not always stressing visible similarity
to bucket
vsto class
6.0

To put things into groups to study them

is a broader act of arranging by shared characteristics not only for analysis

Antonyms

110 2.7

To make people or animals move quickly in different directions

4 4.5

To make something lose its order or structure

Phrasal Verbs

To move into a better, more expensive class on a plane or train

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 Specific

to subdivide
8 4.2
to categorize
  • US
59 3.5
to class
19 2.9
to group
38 1.2

Surface Forms

class infinitive
classified past
classified past participle
classing present participle
classes third person singular

Etymology

Class comes from Latin classis meaning 'a group', so to class something is to put it into a group. This is the same idea behind the word classify.