class

• "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

Synonyms

• classifyarrange or order by classes or categories; declare unavailable, as for security reasons; assign to a class or kind
• sorta category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; an approximate definition or example; a person of a particular character or nature; an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; examine in order to test suitability; arrange or order by classes or categories
• assortkeep company with; arrange or order by classes or categories
• sort outarrange or order by classes or categories; make free from confusion or ambiguity; punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
• separatea separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication ; a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments ; independent; standing apart; separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; have the connection undone; act as a barrier between; force, take, or pull apart; mark as different; separate into parts or portions; divide into components or constituents; arrange or order by classes or categories; make a division or separation ; discontinue an association or relation; go one's own way; become separated into pieces or fragments; treat differently on the basis of sex or race ; come apart; divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• "there are two classes of detergents"

Synonyms

• categorya collection of things sharing a common attribute; a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
• familya social unit living together; primary social group; a collection of things sharing a common attribute; people descended from a common ancestor; a person having kinship with another or others; (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities ; an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

• "early morning classes are always sleepy"

Synonyms

• formcreate (as an entity); to compose or represent; develop into a distinctive entity; give shape or form to; make something, usually for a specific function; establish or impress firmly in the mind; assume a form or shape; the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; a perceptual structure; any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); alternative names for the body of a human being; the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; the visual appearance of something or someone; a printed document with spaces in which to write; (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; a particular mode in which something is manifested; (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; a body of students who are taught together; an ability to perform well; a life-size dummy used to display clothes ; a mold for setting concrete
• gradeassign a rank or rating to; level to the right gradient ; assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; determine the grade of or assign a grade to ; a body of students who are taught together; a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; one-hundredth of a right angle ; a degree of ablaut ; a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); the height of the ground on which something stands; a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
• courseas might be expected; move swiftly through or over; move along, of liquids; hunt with hounds; education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; a connected series of events or actions or developments; general line of orientation; a mode of action; a line or route along which something travels or moves; a body of students who are taught together; part of a meal served at one time; (construction) a layer of masonry; facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport

• "the working class"
• "an emerging professional class"

Synonyms

• stratumone of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) ; people having the same social, economic, or educational status; an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; a subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling
• social classpeople having the same social, economic, or educational status
• socio-economic classpeople having the same social, economic, or educational status

• "he took a course in basket weaving"
• "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

Synonyms

• courseas might be expected; move swiftly through or over; move along, of liquids; hunt with hounds; education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; a connected series of events or actions or developments; general line of orientation; a mode of action; a line or route along which something travels or moves; a body of students who are taught together; part of a meal served at one time; (construction) a layer of masonry; facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
• course of studyan integrated course of academic studies; education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
• course of instructioneducation imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

• "he played baseball in class D for two years"
• "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"

Synonyms

• divisionan army unit large enough to sustain combat; one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; the act or process of dividing ; an administrative unit in government or business ; discord that splits a group ; a league ranked by quality; (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category ; (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum ; a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings ; a group of ships of similar type ; an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the act of dividing or partitioning

• "the class of '97"
• "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"

Synonyms

• yeara period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; a body of students who graduate together

• "she has a lot of class"