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class::noun | Spocien Dictionary

class

/klæs/

a body of students who graduate together

Type	Words
Synonyms	year
Type of	gathering, assemblage
Has types	senior class, graduating class, freshman class, junior class, sophomore class

the class of '97.

class::noun | Spocien Dictionary

class

/klæs/

people having the same social, economic, or educational status

Type	Words
Synonyms	social class, socio-economic class, stratum
Type of	people
Has types	center, caste, labor, labour, the three estates, brotherhood, fraternity, trade, lower class, estate of the realm, estate, sodality, bourgeoisie, market, firing line, booboisie, middle class, underclass, underworld, upper class, upper crust, ninja, craft, old school, woman, womanhood, working class, world, agriculture, yeomanry, fair sex, age class, peasantry, commons, commonalty, commonality, proletariat, domain, demimonde, immigrant class
Derivation	classify

the working class.

an emerging professional class.

class::verb | Spocien Dictionary

class

/klæs/

arrange or order by classes or categories

Type	Words
Synonyms	assort, classify, separate, sort, sort out
Type of	categorize, categorise
Has types	group, dichotomize, grade, stamp, reclassify, unitize, stereotype, refer, unitise, pigeonhole, number, isolate, catalog, dichotomise, catalogue, count, size

How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?.

class::noun | Spocien Dictionary

class

/klæs/

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

Type	Words
Synonyms	course, course of instruction, course of study
Type of	didactics, pedagogy, education, educational activity, teaching, instruction
Has types	elective, art class, adult education, required course, home study, workshop, seminar, orientation, orientation course, elective course, industrial arts, correspondence course, shop, shop class, childbirth-preparation class, propaedeutic, propaedeutics, directed study, extension course, refresher, refresher course, course of lectures

flirting is not unknown in college classes.

class::noun | Spocien Dictionary

class

/klæs/

a body of students who are taught together

Type	Words
Synonyms	course, form, grade
Type of	gathering, assemblage
Has types	discussion section, master class, section

early morning classes are always sleepy.

class::noun | Spocien Dictionary

class

/klæs/

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

Type	Words
Synonyms	category, family
Type of	collection, assemblage, accumulation, aggregation
Has types	violin family, stamp, conjugation, sex, brass family, woodwind family, substitution class, paradigm, declension, denomination, grammatical category, histocompatibility complex, syntactic category
Derivation	classify

there are two classes of detergents.

class::noun | Spocien Dictionary

class

/klæs/

a league ranked by quality

Type	Words
Synonyms	division
Type of	conference, league
Derivation	classify

he played baseball in class D for two years.

class::noun | Spocien Dictionary

class

/klæs/

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

Type	Words
Type of	taxonomic category, taxonomic group, taxon
Has types	class bacillariophyceae, class basidiomycetes, class bivalvia, class bryopsida, class cephalopoda, class cestoda, class channidae, class charophyceae, class chilopoda, class chlorophyceae, class chondrichthyes, class chrysophyceae, class chytridiomycetes, class ciliata, class ciliophora, class coniferopsida, class crinoidea, class crustacea, class cryptophyceae, class cyanobacteria, class cyanophyceae, class cycadopsida, class cyclosporeae, class deuteromycetes, class diatomophyceae, class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class diplopoda, class echinoidea, class equisetatae, class euglenophyceae, class eumycetes, class filicinae, class filicopsida, class flagellata, class gasteromycetes, class gasteropoda, class gastromycetes, class gastropoda, class ginkgophytina, class ginkgopsida, class gnetopsida, class gymnospermae, class hemiascomycetes, class hepaticae, class hepaticopsida, class heterokontae, class hexapoda, class hirudinea, class holothuroidea, class hyalospongiae, class hydrozoa, class hymenomycetes, class insecta, class lamellibranchia, class larvacea, class liliopsida, class lycopodiate, class lycopodineae, class lycopsida, class magnoliopsida, class mammalia, class mastigophora, class monocotyledonae, class monocotyledones, class musci, class myriapoda, class myxomycetes, class nuda, class oligochaeta, class onychophora, class oomycetes, class ophiuroidea, class osteichthyes, class pauropoda, class pelecypoda, class phaeophyceae, class phasmidia, class pinopsida, class placodermi, class plectomycetes, class polychaeta, class polyplacophora, class psilopsida, class psilotatae, class pteridospermopsida, class pyrenomycetes, class reptilia, class rhodophyceae, class sarcodina, class scaphopoda, class schizomycetes, class scyphozoa, class sphenopsida, class sporozoa, class symphyla, class tardigrada, class taxopsida, class tentaculata, class thaliacea, class tiliomycetes, class trematoda, class turbellaria, class ulvophyceae, class xanthophyceae, class zygomycetes, cnidosporidia, commelinidae, coniferophyta, coniferophytina, coniferopsida, copepoda, crinoidea, crossopterygii, crustacea, cryptophyceae, cyanophyceae, cycadophyta, cycadophytina, cycadopsida, cyclosporeae, deuteromycetes, diatomophyceae, dibranchia, dibranchiata, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, dilleniidae, diplopoda, dipnoi, discomycetes, division anthophyta, division gymnospermophyta, division magnoliophyta, echinoidea, elasmobranchii, entomostraca, equisetatae, euascomycetes, euglenophyceae, eumycetes, euryalida, eutheria, exopterygota, filicinae, filicopsida, flagellata, gasteromycetes, gasteropoda, gastromycetes, gastropoda, ginkgophytina, ginkgopsida, gnathostomata, gnetophyta, gnetophytina, gnetopsida, gymnospermae, gymnospermophyta, hamamelidae, hemiascomycetes, hemimetabola, hepaticae, hepaticopsida, heterobasidiomycetes, heterokontae, hexapoda, hirudinea, holocephali, holothuroidea, hominoidea, homobasidiomycetes, hyalospongiae, hydrozoa, hymenomycetes, subdivision pinophytina, acnidosporidia, acrasiomycetes, actinopoda, actinozoa, agnatha, alismatidae, amphibia, amphineura, anapsida, angiospermae, anthoceropsida, anthophyta, anthozoa, aphasmidia, arachnida, archaeornithes, archiannelida, archosauria, arecidae, ascidiaceae, ascomycetes, asteridae, asteroidea, aves, bacillariophyceae, basidiomycetes, bivalvia, branchiopoda, bryopsida, caryophyllidae, cephalopoda, cestoda, channidae, charophyceae, chelicerata, chilopoda, chlorophyceae, chondrichthyes, chrysophyceae, chytridiomycetes, ciliata, ciliophora, cirripedia, class acrasiomycetes, class actinozoa, class amphibia, class angiospermae, class anthoceropsida, class anthozoa, class aphasmidia, class arachnida, class archiannelida, class ascidiaceae, class ascomycetes, class asteroidea, class aves, schizomycetes, scyphozoa, selachii, sphenopsida, sporozoa, subclass acnidosporidia, subclass actinopoda, subclass alismatidae, subclass amphineura, subclass anapsida, subclass archaeornithes, subclass archosauria, subclass arecidae, subclass asteridae, subclass branchiopoda, subclass caryophyllidae, subclass cirripedia, subclass cnidosporidia, subclass commelinidae, subclass copepoda, subclass crossopterygii, subclass dibranchia, subclass dibranchiata, subclass dilleniidae, subclass dipnoi, subclass discomycetes, subclass elasmobranchii, subclass entomostraca, subclass euascomycetes, subclass euryalida, subclass eutheria, subclass exopterygota, subclass hamamelidae, subclass heterobasidiomycetes, subclass holocephali, subclass homobasidiomycetes, subclass infusoria, subclass lepidosauria, subclass liliidae, subclass magnoliidae, subclass malacostraca, subclass metatheria, subclass ophiurida, subclass opisthobranchia, subclass ostracoda, subclass pantotheria, subclass phytomastigina, subclass prototheria, subclass rhizopoda, subclass rosidae, subclass selachii, subclass synapsida, subclass teleostei, subclass telosporidia, subclass zoomastigina, subdivision coniferophytina, subdivision cycadophyta, subdivision cycadophytina, subdivision ginkgophyta, subdivision ginkgophytina, subdivision gnetophytina, subdivision taxophytina, superclass agnatha, superclass chelicerata, superclass gnathostomata, superclass myriapoda, superfamily hominoidea, symphyla, synapsida, tardigrada, taxophytina, taxopsida, teleostei, telosporidia, tentaculata, thaliacea, tiliomycetes, trematoda, turbellaria, ulvophyceae, xanthophyceae, zoomastigina, zygomycetes, infusoria, insecta, lamellibranchia, larvacea, lepidosauria, liliidae, liliopsida, lycopodiate, lycopodineae, lycopsida, magnoliidae, magnoliophyta, magnoliopsida, malacostraca, mammalia, mastigophora, metatheria, monocotyledonae, monocotyledones, musci, myriapoda, myxomycetes, nuda, oligochaeta, onychophora, oomycetes, ophiurida, ophiuroidea, opisthobranchia, osteichthyes, ostracoda, pantotheria, pauropoda, phaeophyceae, phasmidia, phytomastigina, pinophytina, pinopsida, placodermi, plectomycetes, polychaeta, polyplacophora, prototheria, psilopsida, psilotatae, pteridospermopsida, pyrenomycetes, ranalian complex, reptilia, rhizopoda, rhodophyceae, rosidae, sarcodina, scaphopoda
Derivation	classify

class::noun | Spocien Dictionary

class

/klæs/

elegance in dress or behavior

Type	Words
Type of	elegance
Derivation	classy

she has a lot of class.

Examples of class

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The event includes a building tour, student performances and class competitions.

From the thenewstribune.com

Last year Lassally built the donation pot to $10,000 after winning class honors.

From the news-journalonline.com

In seventh and eighth grades, class sizes were increased from 31 to 36 students.

From the sacbee.com

Proud of his middle-class roots, he has an instinctive feel for the public mood.

From the newsday.com

The students prepared with lessons in music class built around the compositions.

From the desmoinesregister.com

The class, with each session running four hours, is for the recreational boater.

From the thenewstribune.com

I'm pretty light for the 219 class, I'm only about 214 so I can eat what I want.

From the news-journalonline.com

It really made me reflect on my negative thoughts about this years senior class.

From the omaha.com

Middle-class protesters went to the streets then, too, demanding free elections.

From the sacbee.com

More examples

A collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
Classify: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
A body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
People having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
Course: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
A league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
In biological classification, class (classis) is * a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, with class fitting between phylum and order. ...
In object-oriented programming, a class is a construct that is used as a blueprint (or template) to create objects of that class. This blueprint describes the state and behavior that the objects of the class all share. An object of a given class is called an instance of the class. ...
A class in education has a variety of related meanings.