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Meaning of class

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

class

Pronunciation:/klas//klas//kleəs/

noun

Definitions

  1. A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

    Example: Often used to imply membership of a large class.

  2. A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class.

  3. The division of society into classes.

    Example: Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.

  4. Admirable behavior; elegance.

    Example: Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.

verb

Definitions

  1. To assign to a class; to classify.

    Example: I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.

  2. To be grouped or classed.

  3. To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Great; fabulous