Class
Definition of Class
Pronunciation: klås | n. | 1. | A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes. | | 2. | A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies. | | 3. | A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc. | | 4. | A set; a kind or description, species or variety. | | 5. | (Methodist Church) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader. | | 6. | One session of formal instruction in which one or more teachers instruct a group on some subject. The class may be one of a course of classes, or a single special session. | | 7. | A high degree of elegance, in dress or behavior; the quality of bearing oneself with dignity, grace, and social adeptness. | | v. t. | 1. | To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages. | | 2. | To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes. | | v. i. | 1. | To be grouped or classed. | | a. | 1. | exhibiting refinement and high character; as, a class act. Opposite of low-class |
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