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.
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.
Meanings
(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.
So I ask you to accept my statement that my critics fall into two classes: on the one hand my immediate accusers, and on the other those earlier ones whom I have mentioned; […] 1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 21:
The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
Often used to imply membership of a large class.
The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors. 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1-2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
This word has a whole class of metaphoric extensions.
(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.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches. 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
(uncountable) The division of society into classes.
Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
(uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
(countable, 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.
(countable, uncountable) A series of lessons covering a single subject.
I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.
(countable, uncountable) A single lesson in a series.
Tomorrow's class will cover long division.
(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.
Thirty years ago there were only a few high schools for boys, and in 1957 the first university class consisted of only 50 young men. 1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 443:
(India, countable, uncountable) a grade, standard, level of education.
(countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
I used to fly business class, but now my company can only afford economy.
The City & South London was also the first British passenger railway to offer only one class. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 101:
(countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
Magnolias belong to the class Magnoliopsida.
(countable, uncountable) Best of its kind.
It is the class of Italian bottled waters.
The mark made by Cory a new Central A. U. mark and he appears to be the class of the field in this event. 1913 June 27, “The Crime Is Not in Making a Mistake, but in Repeating It.”, in Chicago Tribune:
University of Southern California's 7 to 0 defeat of the mighty Cardinal team ranked the victors the class of the far west 1929 October 27, “89,000 Watch So. California Defeat Stanford, 7 to 0”, in Chicago Tribune:
Roosevelt (14-1) looked very much like the class of the OIA. 2009 May 8, “Waianae forces OIA rematch”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
(countable, uncountable) A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution.
(countable, uncountable) A collection of sets definable by a shared property, especially one which is not itself a set (in which case the class is called proper).
In the present section we shall discuss the various systems of set theory which admit, beside sets, also classes. Classes are like sets, except that they can be very comprehensive; an extreme example of a class is the class which contains all sets.[…]The main point which will, in our opinion, emerge from this analysis is that set theory with classes and set theory with sets only are not two separate theories; they are, essentially, different formulations of the same underlying theory. 1973, Abraham Fraenkel, Yehoshua Bar-Hillel, Azriel Lévy, Foundations of Set Theory, 2nd edition, Elsevier, page 119:
Every set is a class, but classes are not generally sets. A class that is not a set is called a proper class.
The class of all sets is not a set.
(countable, uncountable) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.
(countable, qualifier:object-oriented programming) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set in terms of its common properties, functions, etc.
an abstract base class
(countable, uncountable) One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
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single subject) · sq klasë (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · fa-ira رَسْتِه (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · tk synp (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · vo klad (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · mk одделение (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · pl klasa (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · af klas (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · yo kíláàsì (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ce класс (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ga aicme (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · lv klase (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · pl kurs (series of classes covering a single subject) · el κορυφή (best of its kind) · sh klàsa (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · yue 綱 /纲 (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · pt classe (division of society into classes) · lt klasė (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · mk класа (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · pl klasa (division of society into classes) · tg синф (division of society into classes) · it lezione (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · hu csoport (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · vo hikladanef (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · fi luokka (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · my မျိုးပေါင်း (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · el τάξη (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · el μάθημα (series of classes covering a single subject) · gd clas (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · pl klasa (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · he מַעֲמָד (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · fr top (best of its kind) · fr classe (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · nb kurs (series of classes covering a single subject) · mn хичээл (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ar طَبَقَة (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · th ชนิด (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · es clase (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · sv klass (division of society into classes) · uk курс (series of classes covering a single subject) · sh stálež (division of society into classes) · sw darasa (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · fa-ira کِلاس (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · sq klasë (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · et kursus (series of classes covering a single subject) · sv klass (admirable behavior; elegance) · it classe (division of society into classes) · nl vak (series of classes covering a single subject) · nb klasse (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · nl klasse (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · vi tầng lớp (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ga grád (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · ce класс (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · uk кля́са (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · cs třída (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · nl klas (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · nl klas (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · uk клас (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · ca classe (admirable behavior; elegance) · ajp صَفّ (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · de Klasse (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · mk клас (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · izh oppitunni (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · be клас (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · sl razred (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · uk клас (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · cmn 學年 /学年 (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · nrf clâsse (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · pt classe (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · ga rang (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ja 授業 (series of classes covering a single subject) · th พรรค์ (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ko 클래스 (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ja クラス (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · be кля́са (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · lb Klass (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · th คลาส (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · fi luokka (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ta வகுப்பு (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · hu világklasszis (best of its kind) · hu klasszis (best of its kind) · he מחלקה (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · it corso (series of classes covering a single subject) · uk клас (admirable behavior; elegance) · lo ຊັ້ນ (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · sw darasa (division of society into classes) · el σειρά (military: persons subject to the same draft) · te తరగతి (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · es clase (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ba синыф (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · pl klasa (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · de Stil (admirable behavior; elegance) · th ชั้น (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · mk класа (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · ms darjat (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · pl klasa (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · hy դասակարգ (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ja 集合 (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · bg кла́са (admirable behavior; elegance) · ota صنف (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ar فَصْل (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · eo klaso (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · sv klass (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · it classe (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · it classe (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · kk класс (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · af kursus (series of classes covering a single subject) · fa-ira دَرَجِه (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · nb klasse (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hy մակարդակ (admirable behavior; elegance) · cmn 班 (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · hu osztály (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · nan-hbl 綱 /纲 (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · he שִׁכְבָה (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ce класс (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ca classe (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · bg клас (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ko 클래스 (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · to kalasi (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · be клас (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · fi yhteiskuntaluokka (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · he מחלקה (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · nb kull (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ca classe (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · pt curso (series of classes covering a single subject) · fr classe (division of society into classes) · lt klasė (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · fr classe (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · cs třída (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · ko 등급 (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · gd clas (division of society into classes) · yi קלאַס (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · vo kladanef (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · lo ຊົນຊັ້ນ (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ja 学級 (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ru класс (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · cmn 種類 /种类 (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · af klas (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · ga aicme (division of society into classes) · yi קלאַס (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ko 계급 (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ca classe (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · sw darasa (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · eo kurso (series of classes covering a single subject) · el τάξη (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · uk клас (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · nb klasse (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · bg клас (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · af klas (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ur جَماعَت (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · bg клас (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · ar صِنْف (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · el είδος (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · es clase (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · be кля́са (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · sh ста́леж (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ko 클래스 (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · tr sınıf (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · nl klasse (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · sw darasa (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · el τάξη (division of society into classes) · nb årskull (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ja 綱 (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · it classe (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hu osztály (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · fi luokka (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · es rubro (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hu osztály (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · lb Klass (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · mn ᠠᠩᠭᠢ (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · et klass (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · ln kelasi (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · vo sogät (division of society into classes) · gd clas (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ar طَائِفَة (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · es clase (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · fi luokka (statistics: grouping of data values in an interval) · lv klase (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · sv kurs (series of classes covering a single subject) · et klass (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · fr classe (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · be кля́са (division of society into classes) · jje ᄒᆞᆨ년 (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · fr classe (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · ga aicme (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · gd clas (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · uk курс (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · th คลาส (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · nl klasse (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · eo klaso (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · tr sınıf (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · nrf clâsse (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · eo klaso (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · mk класа (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · th ชั้นหนึ่ง (best of its kind) · uk кля́са (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · sh ра́зред (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hu tanóra (series of classes covering a single subject) · sh ста́леж (division of society into classes) · he כיתה \ כִּתָּה (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · af klas (admirable behavior; elegance) · ja 階層 (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · tr sınıf (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · fa-ira دَسْتِه (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · et rühm (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · es clase (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · fi tyyli (admirable behavior; elegance) · fa-ira دُوْرِه (series of classes covering a single subject) · km ថ្នាក់ (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · es estamento (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · sv klass (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · lb Klass (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · cmn 年级 (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · nl klasse (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · ga rang (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · hu osztály (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · it ceto (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hu stílus (admirable behavior; elegance) · it ceto (division of society into classes) · de Klasse (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · gd clas (series of classes covering a single subject) · lv klase (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · es hornada (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · uk кля́са (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · ca classe (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · ja クラス (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · nrf clâsse (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · sv årskurs (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ga mianach (admirable behavior; elegance) · cmn 类 (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · ru разря́д (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · de Unterricht (series of classes covering a single subject) · cmn 類 /类 (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · bg кла́са (division of society into classes) · et seisus (division of society into classes) · pt classe (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · de Klasse (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · my အတန်း (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · uk клас (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · es curso (series of classes covering a single subject) · sw darasa (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · de Klasse (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · da klasse (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · hu osztály (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · hi कक्षा (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · mi karaehe (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · th ระดับ (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · it condizione sociale (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · bg клас (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · fi luokka (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · ur کِلاس (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · kk сынып (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hu osztály (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · id kelas (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · it classe (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · el τάξη (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · eu klase (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · fa-ira کِلاس (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ckb پۆل (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ms kelas (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · nb klasse (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · sw darasa (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · lo ຊະນິດ (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · fa-ira رَدِه (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · uk розря́д (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · de Klasse (division of society into classes) · uz sinf (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ce класс (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ce класс (division of society into classes) · sdc crassi (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · mk сталеж (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ps کلاس (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ro clasă (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · is bekkur (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · af klas (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · hy կարգ (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · ga rang (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · fa-ira دَسْتِه (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ms kelas (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · sw darasa (admirable behavior; elegance) · fi saapumiserä (military: persons subject to the same draft) · ca classe (series of classes covering a single subject) · hu osztály (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · tr sınıf (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · fr must (best of its kind) · uk кля́са (admirable behavior; elegance) · hy դասակարգ (division of society into classes) · ps صنف (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · pt turma (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · fi vuosikurssi (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · fr classe (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ca classe (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · mk класа (division of society into classes) · nb klasse (division of society into classes) · hy դաս (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · fr classe (admirable behavior; elegance) · az sinif (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · uz sinf (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · be разра́д (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ba синыф (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · sh rázred (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · uk кля́са (division of society into classes) · fi luokka (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · gl clase (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · nl klas (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · bg на́бор (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · it ceto (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · sh klàsa (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · tg табақа (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · es promoción (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ca promoció (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · km ថ្នាក់ (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · ky тап (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · hy դաս (series of classes covering a single subject) · el κλάση (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · sh кла̀са (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hu kurzus (series of classes covering a single subject) · km កុលវគ្គ (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ru класс (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · mr वर्ग (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ru курс (series of classes covering a single subject) · ru курс (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · hu kategória (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · th ชนชั้น (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ca classe (military: persons subject to the same draft) · ru класс (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hu osztály (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · be заня́цці (series of classes covering a single subject) · vi lớp (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · it rango (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · bg кла́са (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · sh stálež (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · pt aula (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ru класс (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · uk клас (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · la classis (division of society into classes) · ru класс (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · af klas (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · th รุ่น (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · pt classe (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · eo klaso (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · hu óra (series of classes covering a single subject) · yo kíláàsì (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ce класс (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · el κλάση (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · ar صَنْف (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · fa-ira کِلاس (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · nb klasse (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · tr sınıf (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · cs třída (division of society into classes) · be кля́са (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · kmr pol (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · vo jikladanef (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · de Klasse (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · ca classe (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · uk клас (division of society into classes) · mk сталеж (division of society into classes) · hu évfolyam (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · hy դաս (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · cmn 階級 /阶级 (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · hy դասարան (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · sdc crassi (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · la classis (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · fa-ira کِلاس (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · bg кла́са (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · hy դաս (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hi क्लास (series of classes covering a single subject) · mr वर्ग (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ca classe (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · sv klass (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · lb Klass (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · fa-ira صِنْف (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ca classe (division of society into classes) · ur جَماعَت (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · nl jaar (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · pt classe (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · fa-ira گُروه (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · th ประเภท (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · it classe (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · th คลาส (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · et seisus (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · fa-ira طَبَقِه (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · ja 学年 (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ne कक्षा (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · ru заня́тия (series of classes covering a single subject) · vi lớp (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · sk trieda (division of society into classes) · ru класс (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · sv avgångsklass (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · sv klass (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · sw darasa (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ja クラス (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · ja 等級 (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · cmn 屆 /届 (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · io klaso (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · be клас (admirable behavior; elegance) · uz klass (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ug سىنىپ (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · fi huippu (best of its kind) · ja 階級 (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · el ομοταξία (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · ko 학년 (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · nl klasse (best of its kind) · be клас (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · uk кля́са (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ro clasă (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · vi hạng (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · yi קלאַס (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · fr cours (series of classes covering a single subject) · cy dosbarth (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · it classe (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · hy դասարան (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ru класс (admirable behavior; elegance) · ar طَبَقَة (division of society into classes) · yo kíláàsì (series of classes covering a single subject) · de Classis (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · sdc crassi (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · iba kelas (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · mk класа (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · be кля́са (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · sh stálež (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · nl klasse (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · kk топ (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · fa-ira بَرازَنْدَگی (admirable behavior; elegance) · is flokkur (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · eo klaso (division of society into classes) · ru класс (division of society into classes) · fa-ira کِلاس (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · sw darasa (series of classes covering a single subject) · be кля́са (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · pt classe (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · pl klasa (admirable behavior; elegance) · fi luokkajako (division of society into classes) · az sinif (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · cmn 綱 /纲 (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · ka კლასი (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · nl laag (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · tr sınıf (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · tl lipihay (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · pt classe (admirable behavior; elegance) · nl klasse (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · de Klasse (admirable behavior; elegance) · he מעמדות (division of society into classes) · fa-ira صِنْف (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · fr fine fleur (best of its kind) · be клас (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · he קוּרְס (series of classes covering a single subject) · el τάξη (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · ro clasă (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · mel kelaih (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · pl klasa (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · bg клас (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · ce класс (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) · uk гру́па (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · bg набор (military: persons subject to the same draft) · mk клас (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · kk тап (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · hi क्लास (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · cs třída (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · ru класс (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · ko 수업 (series of classes covering a single subject) · hy դաս (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · vo klad (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · tg дараҷа (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) · hu osztálytársadalom (division of society into classes) · ko 계층 (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · uk клас (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · is flokkur (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · hu elegancia (admirable behavior; elegance) · lb Klass (division of society into classes) · th ชั้น (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · nl klasse (admirable behavior; elegance) · ms kelas (series of classes covering a single subject) · es clase (admirable behavior; elegance) · mn анги (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · nrf clâsse (admirable behavior; elegance) · cmn 課 /课 (series of classes covering a single subject) · dtp kalas (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · de Klasse (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) · th ชั้นชน (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) · yi קלאַס (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · cs třída (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) · nb klasse (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) · it classe (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · ja 種類 (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) · fa-ira دُوْرِه (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) · id kelas (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher)
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.
Meanings
(transitive) To assign to a class; to classify.
I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
(intransitive) To be grouped or classed.
the genus or family under which it classes 1790, Edward Tatham, The Chart and Scale of Truth:
(transitive) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
ru pf (to assign to a class) · de klassifizieren (to assign to a class) · ru классифици́ровать (to assign to a class) · mk класи́ра (to assign to a class) · sv klassificera (to assign to a class) · fi luokitella (to assign to a class) · sw darasa (to assign to a class) · el ταξινομώ (to assign to a class) · is flokka (to assign to a class) · bg класифицирам (to assign to a class) · ro clasifica (to assign to a class) · uk класифікува́ти (to assign to a class) · el κατατάσσω (to assign to a class)