class

n//klas//

klass, kurs, avgångsklass, årskurs, klassificera

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

  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.

  3. (uncountable) The division of society into classes.

  4. (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.

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

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

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

  8. (set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property, especially one which is not itself a set (in which case the class is called proper).

  9. (object-oriented, 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.

  10. A series of lessons covering a single subject.

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

  12. (transitive) To assign to a class; to classify.

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