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1. A collection of things sharing a common attribute
   "there are two classes of detergents"
   - category, family
    
2. A body of students who are taught together
   "early morning classes are always sleepy"
   - form, grade [N. Amer], course
    
3. People having the same social, economic, or educational status
   "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
   - stratum, social class, socio-economic class
    
4. Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
   "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
   - course, course of study, course of instruction
    
5. A league ranked by quality
   "he played baseball in class D for two years"
   - division
    
6. A body of students who graduate together
   "the class of '97"
   - year
    
7. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
    
8. Elegance in dress or behaviour
   "she has a lot of class"

1. Arrange or order by classes or categories
   - classify, sort, assort, sort out, separate

Derived forms: classing, classed, classes

See also: classify, classy

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, categorise [Brit], categorize, collection, conference, didactics, education, educational activity, elegance, gathering, instruction, league, pedagogy, people, taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group, teaching

Part of: class structure, phylum, society

Encyclopedia: Class