class
/klæs/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.36 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Countable
noun
A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class."
- "That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny."
- "Often used to imply membership of a large class."
- "This word has a whole class of metaphoric extensions."
- "So I ask you to accept my statement that my critics fall into two classes: on the one hand my immediate accusers, and on the other those earlier ones whom I have mentioned; […]"
- "The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors."
Etymology
From Middle French classe, from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Doublet of clas and classis. Displaced Old English ġecynd.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /klæs/
- British English: /klɑːs/