English Dictionary

class

/klɑːs/

noun

(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

There is a class of students studying English.

意味（1）

(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.

意味（2）

(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.

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.

意味（3）

(uncountable) The division of society into classes.

Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.

意味（4）

(uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.

Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.

意味（5）

(education, countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.

The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.

意味（6）

A series of lessons covering a single subject.

I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.

意味（7）

(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.

The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.

意味（8）

(countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.

I used to fly business class, but now my company can only afford economy.

意味（9）

(taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.

Magnolias belong to the class Magnoliopsida.

意味（10）

Best of its kind.

It is the class of Italian bottled waters.

意味（11）

(statistics) A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution.

意味（12）

(set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.

The class of all sets is not a set.

意味（13）

(military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.

意味（14）

(object-oriented programming, countable) 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.

an abstract base class

意味（15）

One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.