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Meaning of class | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A2 Common
klɑːs

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  2. lecture
  3. A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
    countable
  4. Abbreviation of Cosmology Large Angular Scale Survey.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  5. class (lesson)
  6. 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.
    countable
  7. To arrange, group, or rate according to qualities or characteristics; assign to a class; classify.
  8. class (group of students)
  9. The division of society into classes.
    uncountable
  10. in a class by itself or oneself, having no peer; unequaled.
  11. class (level of society)
  12. Admirable behavior; elegance.
    uncountable
  13. A group of organisms ranking above an order and below a phylum or division. See Table at taxonomy.
  14. kind, sort, type
  15. A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
    countable, uncountable
  16. to regard as being of a certain type. He classes all women as stupid. klassifiseer يُصَنِّف класифицирам classificar (za)řadit einstufen klassificere κατατάσσωclasificar liigitama طبقه بندی یا درجه بندی کردن luokitella classer לְסַווֵג वर्गीकरण करना klasificirati, razvrstati osztályoz menganggap flokka classificare 分類する (~으로) 분류(취급)하다 laikyti klasificēt; ierindot kelasifikasikan beschouwen alsklassifisere, sette i båsklasyfikować طبقو ویشل classificar a categorisi классифицировать považovať i...
  17. a pupil in the same school class. klas زَميل الصَّف съученик colega spolužák der/die Klassenkamerad(in) klassekammerat συμμαθητήςcompañero klassikaaslane همکلاسی luokkatoveri camarade de classe חָבֶר לַכִּתָה सहपाठी razredni drug, suučenik osztálytárs teman sekelas bekkjarfélagi compagno di classe 同級生 급우 klasės draugas klases biedrs rakan sekelas klasgenoot klassekamerat/-venninne kolega z klasy همصنفانو colega coleg de clasă одноклассник spolužiak sošolec drug iz razreda klasskamrat เพื่อนร่...
  18. A series of lessons covering a single subject.
    countable, uncountable
  19. a room in a school where a class is taught. klaskamer غُرْفَةُ الصَّف класна стая sala de aula třída (místnost) das Klassenzimmer klasseværelse αίθουσα διδασκαλίας clase, aula klassiruum کلاس درس luokkahuone classe כתה, כיתה कक्षा razred tanterem ruang kelas skólastofa aula, classe 教室 교실 klasė klase (telpa) bilik darjah klaslokaalklasseromklasa, sala lekcyjna درسی کلاس sala de aula (sală de) clasă классная комната trieda učilnica učionica klassrum ห้องเรียน dershane 教室 клас, класна кімната کم...
  20. A single lesson in a series.
    countable, uncountable
  21. clase; tipo.
  22. A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
    countable
  23. a grade, standard, level of education.
    India, countable, uncountable
  24. A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category.
  25. A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
    countable
  26. A division based on quality, rank, or grade, as:a. A grade of mail: a package sent third class.
  27. A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
    countable
  28. A social stratum whose members share certain economic, social, or cultural characteristics: the lower-income classes.
  29. Best of its kind.
    countable, uncountable
  30. A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution.
    countable, uncountable
  31. A collection of sets definable by a shared property, especially one which is not itself a set (in which case the class is called proper).
    countable, uncountable
  32. A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.
    countable, uncountable
  33. A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set in terms of its common properties, functions, etc.
    countable
  34. One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الصنف صف صنف طائفة طبقة فصل
Azərbaycanca sinif
Български клас класа набор
Čeština třída
Cymraeg dosbarth
Dansk klasse
Esperanto klaso kurso
Eesti klass rühm
Gaeilge aicme cúrsa grád mianach rang
Gàidhlig clas
Galego clase
עברית מחלקה מעמד קורס שכבה
Bahasa Indonesia kelas
ქართული კლასი
Қазақша сынып тап топ
Kurdî Çeto klas kurs kurs sinif stîl top top
Кыргызча сынып топ
Latina classis schola
Lëtzebuergesch Klass
Lingála kelasi
Lietuvių klasė
Latviešu klase
Монгол анги
मराठी वर्ग
Bahasa Melayu kelas
नेपाली कक्षा
Nederlands klas klasse laag
Polski klasa kurs
Português aula classe curso turma
Română clasă clasifica
Slovenščina razred
Shqip klasë
Svenska årskurs klass klassificera kurs
Kiswahili darasa
தமிழ் வகுப்பு
తెలుగు తరగతి
Тоҷикӣ дараҷа синф
Türkçe sınıf
ئۇيغۇرچە سىنىپ
اردو جماعت
Oʻzbekcha sinf
Tiếng Việt giai cấp hang khoá lốp tầng lớp
Yorùbá kilaasi

Examples

“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.”
“Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.”
“The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.”
“I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.”
“Tomorrow's class will cover long division.”
“The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.”
“I used to fly business class, but now my company can only afford economy.”
“The City & South London was also the first British passenger railway to offer only one class.”
“Magnolias belong to the class Magnoliopsida.”
“It is the class of Italian bottled waters.”
“The mark made by Cory a new Central A. U. mark and he appears to be the class of the field in this event.”
“University of Southern California's 7 to 0 defeat of the mighty Cardinal team ranked the victors the class of the far west”
“Roosevelt (14-1) looked very much like the class of the OIA.”
“The class of all sets is not a set.”
“Every set is a class, but classes are not generally sets. A class that is not a set is called a proper class.”
“In the present section we shall discuss the various systems of set theory which admit, beside sets, also classes. Classes are like sets, except that they can be very comprehensive; an extreme example of a class is the class which contains all sets.[…]The main point which will, in our opinion, emerge from this analysis is that set theory with classes and set theory with sets only are not two separate theories; they are, essentially, different formulations of the same underlying theory.”
“an abstract base class”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
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