class

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, New England) enPR: kläs, IPA(key): /klɑːs/ (Northern England, Scotland) enPR: klăs, IPA(key): /klæs/, /klas/ (General American, New York City) enPR: klăs, IPA(key): /klæs/, /kleəs/ (India) IPA(key): /klɑ(ː)s/ Rhymes: -ɑːs, -æs Hyphenation: class === Noun === class (countable and uncountable, plural classes) (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. (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. (uncountable) The division of society into classes. (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance. (education, countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher. A series of lessons covering a single subject. A single lesson in a series. (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class. (India) a grade, standard, level of education. (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation. (taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank. Best of its kind. (statistics) A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution. (set theory) 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). (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft. (object-oriented programming, countable) 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. One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:class ==== Hyponyms ==== (lesson on a single subject): preceptorial, lecture, seminar ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Assamese: ক্লাছ (klas) → Bengali: ক্লাস (klaś), কেলাস (kelaś) — nonstandard → Gulf Arabic: كلاس (klās) (or from French classe) → Hindustani: Hindi: क्लास (klās) Urdu: کلاس → Japanese: クラス (kurasu) → Korean: 클래스 (keullaeseu) → Nepali: क्लास (klās) → Scottish Gaelic: clas → Sindhi: ڪِلاسُ (kilāsu) → Tamil: கிளாஸ் (kiḷās) → Thai: คลาส (kláas) → Yoruba: kíláàsì ==== Translations ==== === Verb === class (third-person singular simple present classes, present participle classing, simple past and past participle classed) (transitive) To assign to a class; to classify. (intransitive) To be grouped or classed. (transitive) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === class (not comparable) (Ireland, Geordie, slang) great; fabulous ==== Related terms ==== === References === “class”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “class”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Raymond Williams (1983), “Class”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 60. “class”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. class in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. === Further reading === Von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Old Irish == === Verb === ·class passive singular preterite conjunct of claidid === Mutation ===