class
/klæs/ noun A1- A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. · The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.· That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.
- 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.
- The division of society into classes. · Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
- Admirable behavior; elegance. · Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
- 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.
- A series of lessons covering a single subject. · I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.
- A single lesson in a series. · Tomorrow's class will cover long division.
- A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class. · The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.
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By the end of the term Anne and Gilbert were both promoted into the fifth class and allowed to begin studying the elements of “the branches”--by which Latin, geometry, French, and algebra were meant.
She flung herself into her studies heart and soul, determined not to be outdone in any class by Gilbert Blythe.
Now Gilbert was head of the spelling class; now Anne, with a toss of her long red braids, spelled him down.
Phillips called the history class out Anne should have gone, but Anne did not move, and Mr.
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