What is the meaning of class?

noun

• A collection of things sharing a common attribute.
  • usage: "there are two classes of detergents"
  • synonyms: category, family
• A body of students who are taught together.
  • usage: "early morning classes are always sleepy"
  • synonyms: form, grade, course
• People having the same social, economic, or educational status.
  • usage: "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
  • synonyms: stratum, social class, socio-economic class
• Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings.
  • usage: "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
  • synonyms: course, course of study, course of instruction
• A league ranked by quality.
  • usage: "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
  • synonyms: division
• A body of students who graduate together.
  • usage: "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
  • synonyms: year
• Biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders. (
• Elegance in dress or behavior.
  • usage: "she has a lot of class"

verb

• Arrange or order by classes or categories.
  • usage: "How would you classify these pottery shards-are they prehistoric"
  • synonyms: classify, sort, assort, sort out, separate