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Class

/klas/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Class"

noun

1
A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
"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.
"Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England."
4
Admirable behavior; elegance.
"Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class."

verb

1
To assign to a class; to classify.
"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

1
Great; fabulous

🔄 Synonyms of "Class"

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
formnoun	(heading, physical) To do with shape.
separateverb	(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
coursenoun	A sequence of events.
divisionnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
sortnoun	A general type.
familynoun	A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
sort outverb	(transitive) To fix (a problem).
gradenoun	(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
categorynoun	A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
assortverb	(transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
yearnoun	The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
classifyverb	to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
social classnoun	(social sciences) A class of people, based on social power, wealth or another criterion.
course of studynoun	an integrated course of academic studies
course of instructionnoun	education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings
socio-economic classnoun	people having the same social or economic status

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Class"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
categorynoun	A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
classifyverb	to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
assortverb	(transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
sortnoun	A general type.
social classnoun	(social sciences) A class of people, based on social power, wealth or another criterion.
divisionnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
formnoun	(heading, physical) To do with shape.
sort outverb	(transitive) To fix (a problem).
coursenoun	A sequence of events.
gradenoun	(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
separatenoun	(usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.
familynoun	A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
yearnoun	The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
course of instructionnoun	education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings
course of studynoun	an integrated course of academic studies
socio-economic classnoun	people having the same social or economic status
typenoun	A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
kindnoun	A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
classificationnoun	The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
categorizationnoun	The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.