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class

(kl/&/s )

a collection of things sharing a common attribute(noun.group)

Example:
There are two classes of detergents.

Synonym:
category, family

source: wordnet30
a body of students who are taught together(noun.group)

Example:
Early morning classes are always sleepy.

Synonym:
course, form, grade

source: wordnet30
people having the same social, economic, or educational status(noun.group)

Example:
The working class.
An emerging professional class.

Synonym:
social class, socio-economic class, stratum

source: wordnet30
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings(noun.act)

Example:
Flirting is not unknown in college classes.

Synonym:
course, course of instruction, course of study

source: wordnet30
a league ranked by quality(noun.group)

Example:
He played baseball in class D for two years.

Synonym:
division

source: wordnet30
a body of students who graduate together(noun.group)

Example:
The class of '97.

Synonym:
year

source: wordnet30
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
elegance in dress or behavior(noun.attribute)

Example:
She has a lot of class.

source: wordnet30
A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.(noun)

source: webster1913

arrange or order by classes or categories(verb.cognition)

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

Synonym:
assort, classify, separate, sort, sort out

source: wordnet30
To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.(verb)

source: webster1913
To grouped or classed.(verb)

source: webster1913