Class

noun

klæs

Noun

people having the same social, economic, or educational status
“the working class”
“an emerging professional class”
Similar:Stratum
Type of:People
a body of students who graduate together
“the class of '97”
Similar:Year
Type of:GatheringAssemblage
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
“flirting is not unknown in college classes”
Similar:Course
Type of:DidacticsPedagogyEducation
a body of students who are taught together
“early morning classes are always sleepy”
Similar:Course Form Grade
Type of:GatheringAssemblage
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
“there are two classes of detergents”
Similar:Category Family
Type of:CollectionAssemblageAccumulation
a league ranked by quality
“he played baseball in class D for two years”
Similar:Division
Type of:ConferenceLeague
elegance in dress or behavior
“she has a lot of class”
Type of:Elegance
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Type of:Taxon

arrange or order by classes or categories
“How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”
Similar:AssortClassify Separate Sort
Type of:CategorizeCategorise

Peak usage: 1910s

Source: Google Books Ngram Viewer (1800–2019)