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The Meaning of class

  • (n.) To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.
  • (n.) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
  • (v. i.) To grouped or classed.
  • (n.) A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.
  • (n.) A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.
  • (n.) A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
  • (n.) A set; a kind or description, species or variety.
  • (n.) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader.

Synonyms

category , family , form , grade , course , stratum , social class , socio-economic class , course , course of study , course of instruction , division , year , classify , sort , assort , sort out , separate

Homophones

klas , klass

Rhymes

alas , alsace , amass , ass , bass , basse , blass , bluegrass , bras , brass , bypass , cas , casque , cass , chasse , contrasts , crass , depass , eelgrass , eyeglass , fahs , fass , fiberglas , fiberglass , forecasts , gas , gass , glas , glass , gras , grass , grasse , harass , hass , hourglass , impasse , jackass , jass , klas , klass , kras , krass , kvass , lambastes , landmass , lass , last , mass , masse , middle-class , morass , nass , outclass , overpass , pass , plas , plass , plasse , plexiglas , plexiglass , ras , repass , sas , sass , sassafras , sasse , shortgrass , spyglass , strass , sunglass , surpass , tallgrass , tass , tasse , trass , trespass , umass , underpass , vanasse , vass , wrasse , yass