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单词 class
释义

class

1 of 2

noun

ˈklas How to pronounce class (audio)
plural classes
often attributive
1
a
: a body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject
Several students in the class are absent today.
b
: the period during which such a body meets
c
: a course of instruction
is doing well in her algebra class
d
: a body of students or alumni whose year of graduation is the same
donated by the class of 1995
2
a
: a group sharing the same economic or social status
the working class
b
: social rank
especially : high social rank
the classes as opposed to the masses
c
: high quality : elegance
a hotel with class
3
: a group, set, or kind sharing common attributes: such as
a
: a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order and below the phylum or division
b
: a collection of adjacent and discrete or continuous values of a random variable
c
: a collection of elements (such as numbers or points) : set sense 21
d
: a property of a geometric curve that is equal to the number of tangents that can be drawn to it through any point not on the curve
A curve is said to be of the nth degree or order when any right line meets it in n points and of the nth class when n tangents can be drawn to it through any assumed point. George Salmon
4
: a division or rating based on grade or quality
a class B movie
5
: the best of its kind
the class of the league
6
: a data type in object-oriented programming that consists of a group of objects (see object entry 1 sense 6a) with the same properties and behaviors and that can be arranged in a hierarchy with other such data types

class

2 of 2

verb

classed; classing; classes

transitive verb

: classify
She was classed as a part-time worker.

Synonyms

Noun

  • caste
  • estate
  • folk
  • gentry
  • order
  • stratum

Verb

  • assort
  • break down
  • categorize
  • classify
  • codify
  • compartment
  • compartmentalize
  • digest
  • distinguish
  • distribute
  • grade
  • group
  • peg
  • place
  • range
  • rank
  • relegate
  • separate
  • sort
  • type
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Example Sentences

Noun There are 20 students in the class. Several people in the class are absent today. This class is really difficult. He will be teaching an American history class next semester. The college offers classes in computer programming and engineering. She is taking a class on psychology. What classes are you taking this semester? I have an English class this morning. My class got out early today. I have already missed two classes. Verb I would class that suggestion as helpful, so let's make a note of it. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The legal case that resulted in plans to form the response team, concluded in August, resulted from a separate class-action lawsuit, the release said. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2022 The social network in 2021 agreed to pay $650 million to end a class-action privacy lawsuit accusing it of collecting and storing biometric data without consent. Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 16 Sep. 2022 In addition to smaller class sizes and apparent ample financial resources, athletes can receive pointers from NBA players like Brown and Utah Jazz star Jordan Clarkson. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2022 Selingo singles out Northeastern University here, which spent itself into the top 50, shrinking class sizes and attracting top students with generous aid. BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022 Equifax now faces a class-action lawsuit over the credit scores, which were sent out between March 17 and April 6. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2022 On top of my list is advocating for smaller class sizes and teacher retention. Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 Richard Lowery, an associate professor of finance at UT's McCombs School of Business, filed the class-action lawsuit Saturday against the A&M system and its leadership in U.S. federal district court in Houston. Michael Murney, Chron, 13 Sep. 2022 The union also wants higher wages and more support and controls to prevent educator burnout, including capping some class sizes. Hannah Sarisohn, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
Verb
More than half the students who attended Parker were Black, kids such as Rochelle Jenkins’s 12-year-old twin daughters, Zoraya and Zariah, who navigated a few side streets to class each day. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2022 There have been significant bussing issues in the district, where students have been left without regular transportation to school and families have been scrambling to get their young ones to class on time ahead of work schedules. Sabrina Leboeuf And Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2022 Emma Eggler, 18, of Birmingham, a freshman at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, was walking to class on Monday when lightning struck her and left her unconscious on the ground, according to ABC 3 WEAR in Pensacola. Greg Garrison | Ggarrison@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022 Armed with elementary knowledge and a sample letter template, we were tasked with finding a famous quotation, rendering it in calligraphy, and bringing it to class the following week. Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 29 July 2022 One of his teachers had to remind him not to bring his gun to class. Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 10 July 2022 Sconces on either side of your front door can really class up the place. Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2022 This story, though, doesn’t class the movie up so much as weigh it down. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 The complaint claims that Crumbley, accused of shooting classmates and killing four, brought bullets to class the day before the shooting and displayed them. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

French classe, from Latin classis group called to military service, fleet, class; perhaps akin to Latin calare to call — more at low entry 3

First Known Use

Noun

1583, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Verb

1642, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

class 1 of 2

noun

ˈklas How to pronounce class (audio)
1
: a group of students who are taught together regularly
I'm the youngest in my class.
2
: one of the meetings of students being taught
I'm late for class.
3
: a course of instruction
a class in science
4
: a group of students who graduate together
the senior class
5
: a group of people in a society who are at the same level of wealth or social status
the working class
6
: a group of related living things (as plants or animals) that ranks above the order and below the phylum or division in scientific classification
Birds and mammals form two separate classes in the animal kingdom.
7
: a category (as of goods or services) based on quality

class

2 of 2

verb

classed; classing
: classify
"… I cannot be classed with ordinary insects …" L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz

Medical Definition

class

noun

ˈklas How to pronounce class (audio)
often attributive
: a group, set, or kind marked by common attributes or a common attribute
especially : a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order and below the phylum or division
the class Mammalia

Legal Definition

class

noun

: a group of persons or things having characteristics in common: as
a
: a group of persons who have some common relationship to a person making a will and are designated to receive a gift under the will but whose identities will not be determined until sometime in the future see also class gift at gift
b
: a group of securities (as stocks or bonds) having similar distinguishing features (as voting rights or priority of redemption)
c
: a group whose members are represented in a class action
d
: protected class
e
: a group of crimes forming a category distinguished by a common characteristic (as the use of violence or the requirement for a maximum penalty)
murder is a class A felony

class 1 of 2

noun

1
as in caste
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped a politician who appeals to people of every class

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • caste
  • level
  • grade
  • echelon
  • rank
  • gentry
  • stratum
  • tier
  • folk
  • family
  • grouping
  • order
  • hierarchy
  • estate
  • bracket
  • race
  • layer
  • fraternity
  • status
  • standing
  • stratification
  • position
  • clan
  • tribe
  • place
  • people
  • food chain
  • subcaste
2
as in type
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic a new class of wireless devices that could be used for Internet access as well as personal communication

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • type
  • category
  • kind
  • group
  • tier
  • classification
  • grade
  • family
  • generation
  • sort
  • league
  • section
  • bracket
  • species
  • set
  • genus
  • variety
  • division
  • rubric
  • order
  • breed
  • subclass
  • rank(s)
  • subgroup
  • race
  • description
  • like
  • specialty
  • subdivision
  • branch
  • manner
  • nature
  • kidney
  • subspecies
  • speciality
  • title
  • label
  • heading
  • ilk
  • feather
3
as in kind
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common only a particular class of burglar would do that

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • type
  • kind
  • genre
  • sort
  • stripe
  • variety
  • breed
  • nature
  • description
  • like
  • species
  • manner
  • kidney
  • strain
  • order
  • model
  • category
  • group
  • persuasion
  • ilk
  • feather
  • family
  • sample
  • grade
  • grouping
  • specimen
  • bracket
  • suite
  • set
  • division
  • bunch
  • lot
  • rank(s)
4
as in course
a series of lectures on a subject took a class on modern art

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • course
  • seminar
  • refresher
  • curriculum
  • elective
  • institute
  • clinic
  • course of study
  • minicourse
  • survey course
  • core
5
as in rate
degree of excellence only horses of great class are allowed to enter the Kentucky Derby

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • rate
  • quality
  • grade
  • caliber
  • standard
  • stature
  • calibre
  • status
  • hallmark
  • standing
  • position
  • rank
  • benchmark
  • place
  • criterion
  • touchstone
  • mark
  • measure
  • footing
  • yardstick
  • par
6
as in elegance
dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style an old mansion with tremendous class that puts today's gaudy behemoths to shame

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • elegance
  • elegancy
  • refinement
  • majesty
  • gracefulness
  • nobility
  • grace
  • luxury
  • brilliance
  • courtliness
  • classiness
  • sophistication
  • dignity
  • opulence
  • richness
  • luxuriousness
  • magnificence
  • grandeur
  • resplendency
  • handsomeness
  • sumptuousness
  • nobleness
  • simplicity
  • tastefulness
  • taste
  • classicism
  • chic
  • stateliness
  • gloriousness
  • luxuriance
  • lavishness
  • ornateness
  • fineness
  • polish
  • resplendence
  • splendor
  • restraint
  • glory
  • plushiness
  • grandness
  • artfulness
  • exquisiteness
  • ostentation
  • augustness
  • plushness
  • ostentatiousness
  • choiceness
  • affectedness
  • grandiosity
  • showiness
  • pretentiousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • vulgarity
  • inelegance
  • gracelessness
  • glitz
  • coarseness
  • crudeness
  • flamboyance
  • tastelessness
  • grotesqueness
  • kitsch
  • grotesquerie
  • gaudiness
  • tawdriness
  • grotesquery
  • flashiness
  • garishness
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7
as in dignity
high position within society the woman exudes an aura of class and breeding

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dignity
  • rank
  • state
  • nobility
  • quality
  • standing
  • caste
  • highness
  • fashion
  • precedence
  • status
  • superiority
  • distinction
  • dominance
  • gentility
  • primacy
  • nobleness
  • gentleness
  • station
  • preferment
  • preeminence
  • loftiness
  • grandness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • degradation
  • subordination
  • debasement
  • inferiority
  • baseness
  • subordinateness
  • commonness
  • lowness
  • lowliness
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class

2 of 2

verb

as in to group
to arrange or assign according to type I would class that suggestion as helpful, so let's make a note of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • group
  • rank
  • classify
  • grade
  • type
  • relegate
  • place
  • distinguish
  • separate
  • list
  • sort
  • compartment
  • distribute
  • range
  • categorize
  • digest
  • identify
  • organize
  • catalog
  • compartmentalize
  • codify
  • order
  • recognize
  • file
  • peg
  • assort
  • break down
  • refer
  • array
  • index
  • alphabetize
  • marshal
  • cull
  • draw up
  • systematize
  • cluster
  • dispose
  • pigeonhole
  • catalogue
  • shelve
  • screen
  • reclassify
  • marshall
  • clump
  • set
  • sieve
  • winnow
  • regroup
  • colligate
  • sift
  • recategorize
  • subcategorize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lump
  • scramble
  • confuse
  • jumble
  • mix (up)
  • disarrange
  • misclassify
  • missort
  • mistype
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