class

class: class

class¹ [klas, kläs]

n.

[Fr classe < L classis, class or division of the Roman people; akin to calare, to call: see CLAMOR]

1. a number of people or things grouped together because of certain likenesses or common traits; kind; sort; category

2. a group of people considered as a unit according to economic, occupational, or social status; esp., a social rank or caste [the working class, the middle class]

3. high social rank or caste

4. the division of society into ranks or castes

5.

☆ a) a group of students taught together according to standing, subject, etc.

b) a meeting of such a group

c) a group of students graduating together [the class of 1988]

d) any group of persons that share a given year, as those elected to public office or selected for some honor

6. a division or grouping according to grade or quality [as orators, the President and the Senator were not in the same class]

7. conscripted troops, or men liable to conscription, all of whom were born in the same year [to call up the class of 1947]

8. Biol. a major category in the classification of animals, plants, etc., ranking above an order and below a division or phylum: it can include one order or many similar orders: the Latinized class names are capitalized but not italicized (Ex.: Mammalia, mammals)

9. Gram. in some languages, the formal classification by which nouns are grouped according to animateness, sex, shape, and other criteria: see GENDER¹

10. Informal excellence, esp. of style or appearance

vt.

to put in a class; classify

adj.

Slang

1. first-class; very good

2. elegant; classy

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in a class by itself or in a class by oneself

unique

class²

abbrev.

classification

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