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- [klas, klahs]
- /klæs, klɑs/
- /klɑːs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [klas, klahs]
- /klæs, klɑs/
Definitions of classes word
- noun classes a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living. 1
- noun classes a group of students meeting regularly to study a subject under the guidance of a teacher: The class had arrived on time for the lecture. 1
- noun classes the period during which a group of students meets for instruction. 1
- noun classes a meeting of a group of students for instruction. 1
- noun classes a classroom. 1
- noun classes a number of pupils in a school, or of students in a college, pursuing the same studies, ranked together, or graduated in the same year: She graduated from Ohio State, class of '72. 1
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Origin of classes
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; earlier classis, plural classes < Latin: class, division, fleet, army; singular class back formation from plural
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Parts of speech for Classes
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
classes popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
classes usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for classes
verb classes
- assigns — Plural form of assign.
- accounts — a chronological list of debits and credits relating to a specified asset, liability, expense, or income of a business and forming part of the ledger
- gauges — to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
- holds — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- judges — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
noun classes
- categories — any general or comprehensive division; a class.
- degrees — any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
- families — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- leagues — a unit of distance, varying at different periods and in different countries, in English-speaking countries usually estimated roughly at 3 miles (4.8 kilometers).
- schools — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
Antonyms for classes
verb classes
- keeps — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
adjective classes
noun classes
- effects — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- consequences — a game in which each player writes down a part of a story, folds over the paper, and passes it on to another player who continues the story. After several stages, the resulting (nonsensical) stories are read out
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