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The correct spelling is classes.
How to pronounce classes
/klasɪz/
nounIPA: /klasɪz/
Say it like: Cla-sse-s
The correct spelling is classes. 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.A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
- 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.The division of society into classes.
- 4.Admirable behavior; elegance.
- 5.A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
verb
- 1.To assign to a class; to classify.
- 2.To be grouped or classed.
- 3.To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
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