class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kläs
ipa: /klɑːs/
enpr: klăs
ipa: /klæs/
ipa: /klas/
enpr: klăs
ipa: /klæs/
ipa: /kleəs/
ipa: /klɑ(ː)s/
rhymes: -ɑːs
rhymes: -æs
Forms: form: classes
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.
Senses: examples: text: The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
text: That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.
text: Often used to imply membership of a large class.
text: This word has a whole class of metaphoric extensions.
text: 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; […]
ref: 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:
text: 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.
ref: 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1-2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
glosses: The division of society into classes.
examples: text: Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
glosses: Admirable behavior; elegance.
examples: text: The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.
topics: education
glosses: A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
examples: text: I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.
glosses: A series of lessons covering a single subject.
examples: text: Tomorrow's class will cover long division.
glosses: A single lesson in a series.
examples: text: The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.
glosses: A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
examples: text: I used to fly business class, but now my company can only afford economy.
text: The City & South London was also the first British passenger railway to offer only one class.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
examples: text: Magnolias belong to the class Magnoliopsida.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
examples: text: It is the class of Italian bottled waters.
text: The mark made by Cory a new Central A. U. mark and he appears to be the class of the field in this event.
ref: 1913 June 27, “The Crime Is Not in Making a Mistake, but in Repeating It.”, in Chicago Tribune:
text: University of Southern California's 7 to 0 defeat of the mighty Cardinal team ranked the victors the class of the far west
ref: 1929 October 27, “89,000 Watch So. California Defeat Stanford, 7 to 0”, in Chicago Tribune:
text: Roosevelt (14-1) looked very much like the class of the OIA.
ref: 2009 May 8, “Waianae forces OIA rematch”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
glosses: Best of its kind.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution.
examples: text: The class of all sets is not a set.
text: Every set is a class, but classes are not generally sets. A class that is not a set is called a proper class.
text: 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.
ref: 1973, Abraham Fraenkel, Yehoshua Bar-Hillel, Azriel Lévy, Foundations of Set Theory, 2nd edition, Elsevier, page 119:
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: 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).
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.
examples: text: an abstract base class
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: 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.
glosses: One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
Synonyms: word: category
word: class
word: fashion
word: division
word: family
word: genre
word: ilk
word: kind
word: likes
word: race
word: rubric
word: set
word: sort
word: type
Hyponyms: word: age class
word: asset class
word: business class
word: cabin class
word: character class
word: closed class
word: economy class
word: equivalence class
word: executive class
word: first class
word: form class
word: fourth class
word: Gevrey class
word: Girard form class
word: hard class
word: leisure class
word: middle class
word: night class
word: open class
word: pitch class
word: professional class
word: school class
word: second class
word: social class
word: spectral class
word: superclass
word: third class
word: upper class
word: working class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: abstract class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: anonymous class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: base class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: child class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: class diagram
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: convenience class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: factory class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: final class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: inner class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: local class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: metaclass
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: nested class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: outer class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: parent class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: partial class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: static class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: subclass
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: superclass
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: type class
sense: programming, object-oriented: A set of objects having the same behavior or a template defining such a set
word: wrapper class
sense: lesson on a single subject
word: preceptorial
sense: lesson on a single subject
word: lecture
sense: lesson on a single subject
word: seminar
word: subtype
word: subcategory
word: subgenre
word: supertype
word: supercategory
word: taxon
word: domain
word: kingdom
word: phylum
word: order
word: tribe
word: genus
word: species
word: subdivision
word: subkingdom
word: suborder
word: subfamily
word: subtribe
word: subgenus
word: subspecies
word: superfamily
word: superorder
word: superspecies
word: segment
word: stratum
word: breed
word: strain
word: variety
word: lineage
word: people
word: clan
word: confederation
word: culture
word: denomination
word: ethnic group
word: ethnicity
word: ethnie
word: faith
word: group
word: nation
word: nationality
word: persuasion
word: sect
Derived terms: word: abstract factory class
word: Aegis class cruiser
word: airman first class
word: anticlass
word: back-class
word: best in class
word: booking class
word: cattle class
word: Chern class
word: class A
word: classable
english: class-action, class action lawsuit, class suit
translation: class-action, class action lawsuit, class suit
word: class action
word: class adapter pattern
word: class adviser
word: class-based
word: classbook
word: class break
english: class conscious
translation: class conscious
word: class-conscious
word: class consciousness
word: classeme
word: class envy
word: classer
word: classfellow
word: classful
word: classhood
word: classicide
word: class invariant
word: classism
word: classist
word: classitis
word: class-leading
word: classlike
word: class list
word: classload
word: classloader
word: classloading
word: class M
word: classman
word: classmark
word: classmate
word: classness
word: classpath
word: class ring
word: class secretary
english: class-time
translation: class-time
word: classtime
word: class tourist
word: class variable
word: classward
word: class warfare
word: class warrior
word: classwide
word: classwise
word: classwork
word: classy
word: coclass
word: complemented class
word: complexity class
word: concrete class
word: congruence class
word: conjugacy class
word: creative class
word: crossclass
word: crystal class
word: cyberclass
word: declass
word: derived class
word: disasterclass
word: donor class
word: economy class syndrome
word: eigenclass
word: equational class
word: ethnoclass
word: evening class
word: first-class
word: first-class continuation
word: first class match
word: fourth-class
word: generic class
word: God class
word: good class bungalow
word: high-class
word: hom class
word: home rule class
word: hyperclass
word: in-class
word: infraclass
word: interclass
word: interval class
word: intraclass
word: life class
word: low-class
word: lower class
word: lower-class
word: lower middle class
word: mapping class group
word: market class
word: master class
word: member class
word: midclass
word: middle-class
word: military load class
word: misclass
word: multiclass
word: Nassau-class
word: new class
word: nonclass
word: November class
word: opportunity class
word: other backward class
word: overclass
word: pointclass
word: postclass
word: preclass
word: primitive wrapper class
word: proper class
word: pseudoclass
word: reclass
word: residue class
word: ruling class
word: sandwich class
word: second-class
word: ship-of-the-line ensign first class
word: ship of the line ensign first class
word: ship of the line ensign second class
word: ship-of-the-line ensign second class
word: spin class
english: sub-class
translation: sub-class
word: subclass
english: super class
translation: super class
word: superclass
word: teleclass
word: third-class
word: top-class
word: transclass
word: trousered class
word: typeclass
word: underclass
word: upper-class
word: upper-class twit
word: upper middle class
word: videoclass
word: virtual class
word: warrant officer class 1
word: warrant officer class 2
word: weeder class
word: weight class
word: word class
word: working-class
word: world-class
Related terms: word: class action
word: class clown
word: class diagram
word: class enemy
word: class reunion
word: class struggle
word: class tourism
word: touch of class
word: binomial
word: biosystematics
word: brand
word: catalog
word: cladistics
word: classification
word: heading
word: hierarchy
word: nomenclature
word: rank
word: systematics
word: taxonomy
word: classify
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