Meaning of class In English

• 0 a group of students who are taught together at school, college, or university:

  • Which class are you in this year?

  • She gave the whole class extra homework for a week.

  • My class (= the people in my class) was/were rather noisy this morning.

  • [ as form of address ] Okay, class, settle down and open your books.

  • My last class ends at four o'clock.

  • I was told off for talking in class.

  • Who takes/teaches your environmental studies class?

  • I missed my aerobics class yesterday.

  • Classes have been cancelled today because of a staff meeting.

• 1 a group of people within society who have the same economic and social position:

  • The Labour Party has lost a lot of support among the working class.

  • She belongs to the rich American upper class.

  • We live in a middle class neighbourhood.

  • She comes from an upper middle class background.

  • He was a member of the ruling classes.

  • She's studying the class structure of Japan.

• 2 a group into which goods, services, or people are put according to their standard:

  • Whenever I travel by train, I always travel first class.

  • first/second class mail

  • a business/economy class ticket

  • When it comes to mathematics, he's in a different class to his peers.

  • What class of degree did you get?

  • He graduated with a second-class honours degree in physics.

  • He was charged with possession of a class A drug, namely heroin.

  • As a long-distance runner, she's in a class of her own.

  • I can't play chess with him. He's completely out of my class!

• 3 the quality of being stylish or fashionable:

  • She's got real class.

• 4 a group of related plants or animals, in the general classification of plants and animals

• 5 to consider someone or something to belong to a particular group because of their qualities:

  • I'm 17, but I'm still classed as a child when I travel by bus.

  • I would class her among/with the top ten American novelists.

• 6 very good:

  • a class act

  • UK He's a class golfer.

• 7 a group of students who are taught together at school, or a short period in which a particular subject is taught:

  • She got in trouble for talking in class.

  • The class of 2003 is very large.

• 8 a group of people within a society who have the same economic and social position:

  • [ U ] Most of us think of ourselves as middle class.

• 9 the ranking of goods and services or people’s skills according to what they provide or how good they are:

  • Whenever I fly, I go business class.

  • She’s a first-class teacher.

• 10 the quality of being stylish or fashionable:

  • She dresses with a lot of class.

• 11 a group of plants or animals with similar biological structure

• 12 to rank:

  • I would class her with the best American violinists.

• 13 a group of people within society who have the same economic or social position:

  • As rents increased, working class families left the city in search of more affordable neighborhoods.

  • upper/middle/lower class

• 14 a standard based on price and quality:

  • The planes will have reclining seats for customers in first class.

  • She and her husband run a luxury-class holiday accommodation business.

• 15 a group into which goods and services are put based on their characteristics:

  • Your shipment's freight class determines the carrier's shipping charges.

  • a class of sth At issue is a class of mortgages that lenders call "subprime" because they do not qualify for the lowest or prime interest rate.

• 16 a series of lessons on a particular subject:

  • a class in/on sth As part of a class in international relations, the conference aimed to teach students the art of negotiations.

  • enrol in a class And so that fall, I enrolled in an agribusiness marketing class.

  • take/go to/attend classes For the past two years he's been taking night classes while also working full-time as a nurse.

  • hold/offer/teach a class