Class
/klas/
The meaning and definition of Class, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
βOften used to imply membership of a large class.β
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The division of society into classes.
βJane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.β
verb
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To assign to a class; to classify.
βI would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.β
- To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
Definitions from the Free Dictionary API
Origin
From French classe, from Latin classis.
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Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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