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class

The correct spelling is class.

How to pronounce class

/klas/
noun

IPA: /klas/

Say it like: Cla-ss

The correct spelling is class. A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. For example: "Often used to imply membership of a large class."

Usage Examples

Often used to imply membership of a large class.

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.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.The division of society into classes.
  4. 4.Admirable behavior; elegance.
  5. 5.A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.

verb

  1. 1.To assign to a class; to classify.
  2. 2.To be grouped or classed.
  3. 3.To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

adjective

  1. 1.Great; fabulous

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