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class  (klăs)
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Tweet n. 1. A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category. 2. A division based on quality, rank, or grade, as: a. A grade of mail: a package sent third class. b. A quality of accommodation on public transport: tourist class. 3. a. A social stratum whose members share certain economic, social, or cultural characteristics: the lower-income classes. b. Social rank or caste, especially high rank. c. Informal Elegance of style, taste, and manner: an actor with class. 4. a. A group of students who are taught together, usually at a regularly scheduled time and in the same subject. b. The period during which such a group meets: had to stay after class. c. The subject material taught to or studied by such a group: found the math class challenging. d. A group of students or alumni who have the same year of graduation. 5. Biology A taxonomic category ranking below a phylum or division and above an order. 6. Statistics An interval in a frequency distribution. 7. Linguistics A group of words belonging to the same grammatical category that share a particular set of morphological properties, such as a set of inflections. 8. Mathematics A collection of sets whose members share a specified property. tr.v. classed, class·ing, class·es To arrange, group, or rate according to qualities or characteristics; assign to a class; classify. [French classe, from Latin classis, class of citizens; see kelə-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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