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/klɑːs/ · noun
(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes..
The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.
Often used to imply membership of a large class.
This word has a whole class of metaphoric extensions.
So I ask you to accept my statement that my critics fall into two classes: on the one hand my immediate accusers, and on the other those earlier ones whom I have mentioned; […]
The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
Use class when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Class means (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes..
Common synonyms include category, class, description, stripe.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
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