class

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Synonyms: clasp, crass, clash, glass, lass, cass, clase, clams, clast, claus, clats

Antonyms: clasp, crass, clash, glass, lass, cass, clase, clams, clast, claus, clats

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Noun

{{lb|en|countable}} A [[group]], [[collection]], [[category]] or [[set]] sharing [[characteristic]]s or [[attribute]]s.
{{senseid|en|Q187588}} {{lb|en|sociology|countable}} 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]].
{{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[division]] of [[society]] into classes.
{{lb|en|uncountable}} Admirable behavior; [[elegance]].
{{senseid|en|Q18204}} {{lb|en|education|countable|and|uncountable}} A group of [[student]]s in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
A series of lessons covering a single subject.
A single lesson in a series.
{{lb|en|countable}} A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A [[school class]].
{{lb|en|India}} a [[grade]], [[standard]], level of education.
{{lb|en|countable}} A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
{{senseid|en|Q37517}} {{lb|en|taxonomy|countable}} A [[rank]] in the classification of [[organism]]s, below [[phylum]] and above [[order]]; a [[taxon]] of that rank.
Best of its kind.

{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[assign]] to a class; to [[classify]].
{{lb|en|intransitive}} To be grouped or classed.
{{lb|en|transitive}} To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

{{lb|en|astronomy}} {{abbreviation of|en|[[cosmology|Cosmology]] [[large|Large]] [[angular|Angular]] [[scale|Scale]] [[surveyor|Surveyor]]}}.
{{lb|en|astronomy}} {{abbreviation of|en|[[cosmology|Cosmology]] [[large|Large]] [[angular|Angular]] [[scale|Scale]] [[survey|Survey]]}}.

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