class

noun (class, classes); verb (class, classed — to put into a group); adjective (casual: class — excellent)

«class» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A class is a group of students who learn together. tree →
A class is a lesson or a time of teaching: «a dance class». tree →
A class is a group of things that are alike: «Mammals are a class of animals». tree →
Class can mean the level of a ticket or a seat: «first class». tree →
Class can mean a group of people with the same money or job in society: «working class», «middle class». tree →
(casual) «Class» (UK, Ireland) means excellent: «That goal was class!»; «classy» means stylish. tree →
(rude) «No class» means rude or badly behaved. tree →
(formal) Exams say «cohort», «form» (UK), «grade» (USA), «a teaching group», «classify» and «category». tree →

In the lessons

a group of students, often an equal group: classes × students each = students; in science, animals are sorted into classes; phrases: «in class», «class teacher», «classmate», «classroom», «first class», «class trip», «class of»; in casual talk «that was class», «classy», «top of the class»; in rough talk «zero class, he burped in assembly»; in the exam voice «a cohort of 25 pupils», «six teaching groups», «classify the following»

Examples

There are 24 students in the class. tree →
The school has 6 classes. tree →
Each class has 25 students. tree →
How many students are in all the classes? tree →
Please be quiet in class. tree →
I go to a swimming class on Saturdays. tree →
Birds and mammals are two classes of animals. tree →
That goal was class, mate! tree →
Zero class, he ate 5 of my chips without asking. tree →
We flew first class once. tree →
An institution comprises six cohorts, each of 25 pupils. Compute the aggregate enrolment. tree →
Classify the following animals: bird, fish, mammal. tree →
These stories are of several different classes. tree →

Note

Plural: classes. A group: classes × students each = students. Trap: the number of classes is not the number of students. «cohort» and «teaching group» in an exam mean a class. «class!» in UK and Irish slang means great, with no number meaning. «grade 3» (USA) is about «year 4» (UK).

In Jewish tradition

Examples

In the first edition I overlooked this word three; and putting and for as, made four classes of serving beings. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
With these three classes, or groups, of letters were created the various parts of the world ish'-j), of the year ("Jti') and of tiie soul. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «class» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«class» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «class» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«class» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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