class (n.)

  1. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; there are two classes of detergents

    [ Syn: category , family ]

  2. a body of students who are taught together; early morning classes are always sleepy

    [ Syn: form , grade , course ]

  3. people having the same social, economic, or educational status; the working class; an emerging professional class

    [ Syn: stratum , social class , socio-economic class ]

  4. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; he took a course in basket weaving; flirting is not unknown in college classes

    [ Syn: course , course of study , course of instruction ]

  5. a league ranked by quality; he played baseball in class D for two years; Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA

    [ Syn: division ]

  6. a body of students who graduate together; the class of 97; she was in my year at Hoehandle High

    [ Syn: year ]

  7. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

  8. elegance in dress or behavior; she has a lot of class'

    class (v.)

  1. arrange or order by classes or categories; How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

    [ Syn: classify , sort , assort , sort out , separate ]

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