freshman class
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈfrɛʃmən klæs/
- US
:
clase de primer año
- About a month into the school year, the University of Southern California touts its freshman class as its brightest, most engaged, and most diverse ever.
- freshman class at university
So if I were president for the day or for the year, I might mandate that every freshman class read that book, or if not that book, something like that.
- So if I were president for the day or for the year, I might mandate that every freshman class read that book, or if not that book, something like that.
Examples
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The Bay School of San Francisco opened with a freshman class in September 2004, after a long gestation and three years of active planning.
Academic text (2005) -
As part of orientation, the freshman class received information about campus resources and student life.
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Morgan said these words to a freshman class at Yale, and he ended, "In short, he needs you."
Academic text (1998) -
You are the few, the proud, the next... ...incoming freshman class to Columbus University.
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Southern Cal celebrates the quality of its freshman class.
Academic text (2017) -
How's next year's freshman class looking?
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He recruited the best freshman class in America.
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As reported above, the retention rate for the freshman class last year is reported at 69%.
Blog text (18) -
During the same time period, minority enrollment in the freshman class has grown 19 percent.
Blog text (1) -
"We're really proud of the numbers in our freshman class," said CU Admissions Director Kevin MacLennan.
Blog text (1)
Synonyms
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1.0
A group of students taught together or who graduate in the same year
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1.0
Students who start or finish school at the same time
Antonyms
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents are semantically transparent: 'freshman' means a first‑year student and 'class' denotes a group of students, so 'freshman class' straightforwardly means the group of first‑year students. This is a regular noun–noun composition found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Freshman class comes from freshman, an old word for a 'fresh' or new student, and class, meaning a group who start together. So a freshman class is the group of students in their first year.