[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/class/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / class # 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 1. A class is a group of students who learn together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#m1) 2. A class is a lesson or a time of teaching: «a dance class». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#m2) 3. A class is a group of things that are alike: «Mammals are a class of animals». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#m3) 4. Class can mean the level of a ticket or a seat: «first class». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#m4) 5. Class can mean a group of people with the same money or job in society: «working class», «middle class». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#m5) 6. (casual) «Class» (UK, Ireland) means excellent: «That goal was class!»; «classy» means stylish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#m6) 7. (rude) «No class» means rude or badly behaved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#m7) 8. (formal) Exams say «cohort», «form» (UK), «grade» (USA), «a teaching group», «classify» and «category». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#m8) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x1) - The school has 6 classes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x2) - Each class has 25 students. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x3) - How many students are in all the classes? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x4) - Please be quiet in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x5) - I go to a swimming class on Saturdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x6) - Birds and mammals are two classes of animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x7) - That goal was class, mate! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x8) - Zero class, he ate 5 of my chips without asking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x9) - We flew first class once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x10) - An institution comprises six cohorts, each of 25 pupils. Compute the aggregate enrolment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x11) - Classify the following animals: bird, fish, mammal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x12) - These stories are of several different classes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/#x13) ### 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 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 - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x1) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x2) ### 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). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «class» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/class/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«class» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/class.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «class» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«class» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/class.html) on Mova free.