📒 a group of students who are taught together
- in the/your class We were in the same class at school.
- She is the youngest in her class.
- He came top of the class.
📒 an occasion when a group of students meets to be taught
- I have a history class at 9 o'clock.
- I was late for (a) class.
- See me after class.
📒 a series of classes on a particular subject
- Are you still doing your French evening class?
- class in something I've been taking classes in pottery.
- She's going to evening classes in Italian.
📒 a group of students who finish their studies at school, college or university in a particular year
- the class of 2020
- the freshman/sophomore/junior/senior class
📒 one of the groups of people in a society that are thought of as being at the same social or economic level
- the working/middle/upper class
- The party tries to appeal to all classes of society.
- His ideas had an appeal among the wealthy, professional classes.
📒 the way that people are divided into different social and economic groups
- differences of class, race or gender
- The old class system is not appropriate in a modern age.
- a society in which class is more important than ability
📒 each of several different levels of comfort that are available to travellers in a plane, etc.
- He always travels business class.
- The first-class compartment is situated at the front of the train.
📒 a group of people, animals or things that have similar characteristics or qualities
- It was good accommodation for a hotel of this class.
- different classes of drugs
- Dickens was in a different class from (= was much better than) most of his contemporaries.
📒 one of the different groups in a competition
- He came first in his class at every event.
📒 an attractive quality or a high level of skill that is impressive
- She has class all right—she looks like a model.
- There's a real touch of class about this team.
- He has real class.
📒 one of the levels of achievement in a British university degree exam
- a first-/second-/third-class degree
📒 a group into which animals, plants, etc. that have similar characteristics are divided, below a phylum
📒 the people in society who like to give their opinions on political or social issues
- Constitutional reform is popular among the chattering classes.
- topics being discussed at the breakfast tables of the chattering classes