class

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   elegance in dress or behavior

   I have a lot of class.

2. 2
   noun

   people having the same social, economic, or educational status

   the working class

3. 3
   noun

   a collection of things sharing a common attribute

   there are two classes of detergents

4. 4
   noun

   a body of students who are taught together

   early morning classes are always sleepy

5. 5
   noun

   a body of students who graduate together

   the class of '97

6. 6
   noun

   a league ranked by quality

   They played ball in the bottom class for two years before moving up.

7. 7
   verb

   to arrange or order by classes or categories

   How would you class these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

8. 8
   noun

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

   The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.

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.