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class

(noun)
1. A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
  The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
  Often used to imply membership of a large class.
  This word has a whole class of metaphoric extensions.
2. 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.
3. The division of society into classes.
  Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
4. Admirable behavior; elegance.
  Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
5. 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.
6. A series of classes covering a single subject.
  I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.
7. A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
  The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.
8. A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
  I used to fly business class, but now my company can only afford economy.
9. A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
  Magnolias belong to the class Magnoliopsida.
10. A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.
11. A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
  The class of all sets is not a set.
12. Best of its kind.
  It is the class of Italian bottled waters.
13. A grouping based on quality or skill.
  That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.
(verb)
1. To assign to a class.
  I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
(adjective)
1. great; fabulous

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