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Added 7 October 2026

class

/klɑːs/ noun

In Latin: classis Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about class at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
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.
The division of society into classes.
Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.

verb

To assign to a class; to classify.
I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
To be grouped or classed.
To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

adjective

great; fabulous

Origin

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.

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