“classes” is a form of
class
UK /klɑːs/ · US /klæs/ noun, verb, adjective
Forms classes classing classed
- noun (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. “The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.”
- noun (sociology, countable) 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.
- noun (uncountable) The division of society into classes. “Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.”
- noun (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance. “Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.”
- noun (education, countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher. “The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.”
- noun A series of lessons covering a single subject. “I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.”
- noun A single lesson in a series. “Tomorrow's class will cover long division.”
- noun (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class. “The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.”
- verb (transitive) To assign to a class; to classify. “I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.”
- verb (intransitive) To be grouped or classed.
- verb (transitive) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
- adjective (Ireland, Geordie, slang) great; fabulous
Synonyms
category description stripe department fashion division family genre ilk kind likes race rubric set sort type form grade course stratum social class socio-economic class course of study course of instruction year classify assort sort out separate
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle French classe, from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Doublet of clas and classis.
Displaced Old English ġecynd.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.
- noun A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.
- verb To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.
- verb To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
Etymology [F. classe, fr. L. classis class, collection, fleet; akin to Gr. claim, haul.]
Etymology [Cf. F. classer. See Class, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “class”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details