class

¹class

noun, often attributive \ˈklas\

Definition of CLASS

1

a : a body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject b : the period during which such a body meets c : a course of instruction d : a body of students or alumni whose year of graduation is the same

2

a : a group sharing the same economic or social status <the working class> b : social rank; especially : high social rank c : high quality : elegance <a hotel with class>

3

: a group, set, or kind sharing common attributes: as a : a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order and below the phylum or division b : a collection of adjacent and discrete or continuous values of a random variable c : set 21

4

: a division or rating based on grade or quality

5

: the best of its kind <the class of the league>

6

: a data type in object-oriented programming that consists of a group of objects with the same properties and behaviors and that is arranged in a hierarchy with other such data types — compare object

Examples of CLASS

1. There are 20 students in the class.
2. Several people in the class are absent today.
3. This class is really difficult.
4. He will be teaching an American history class next semester.
5. The college offers classes in computer programming and engineering.
6. She is taking a class on psychology.
7. What classes are you taking this semester?
8. I have an English class this morning.
9. My class got out early today.
10. I have already missed two classes.

Origin of CLASS

French classe, from Latin classis group called to military service, fleet, class; perhaps akin to Latin calare to call — more at low

First Known Use: 1602

Related to CLASS

Synonyms: caste, estate, folk, gentry, order, stratum

Antonyms: gracelessness, inelegance

Related Words: bracket, echelon, grade, layer, level, tier; place, position, rank, standing, status; food chain, grouping, hierarchy, stratification; clan, family, fraternity, people, race, tribe; subcaste

Near Antonyms: coarseness, crudeness, flamboyance, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, grotesqueness, grotesquerie (also grotesquery), kitsch, tastelessness, tawdriness, vulgarity

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Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis

Rhymes with CLASS

ass, bass, brass, crass, frass, gas, glass, grass, lass, mass, pass, sass, strass, tasse, vas, wrasse