noun
    
    plural classes
    
    [count] :a group of students who meet regularly to be taught a subject or activity
    
    
    
    
    
    In U.S. English, class is used with a singular verb.
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :a series of meetings in which students are taught a particular subject or activity :a course of instruction
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    one of the meetings in which students are taught a particular subject or activity [count]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] US :a group of students who finish their education at a particular school at the same time :students who graduate together
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :a group of people in a society who are at the same economic and social level
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] :the way people in a society are divided into different social and economic groups
    
    
    
    [noncount] a quality that makes something or someone seem special and attractive
    
    
    
    
    
    a quality that makes someone seem very good, kind, etc.
    
    
    
    [count] a group of people or things that are similar in some way
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    If you are in a class by yourself or in a class of your own, you are very different from others in a good or bad way.
    
    
    
    
    
    one of the sections of seats on an airplane, train, etc.
    
    
    
    [count] Brit :one of the levels of a university degree
    
    verb
    
    classes; classed; classing
    
    [+ obj] :to decide that (someone or something) belongs to a particular group :classify
    
    usually used as (be) classed; often + as