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subclass

sub·class
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhb-klas, -klahs]
    • /ˈsʌbˌklæs, -ˌklɑs/
    • /sˈʌbklas/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhb-klas, -klahs]
    • /ˈsʌbˌklæs, -ˌklɑs/

Definitions of subclass word

  • noun subclass a primary division of a class. 1
  • noun subclass a subordinate class, especially one of persons who lack the rights and privileges of the primary class: a subclass of alien workers. 1
  • noun subclass Biology. a category of related orders within a class. 1
  • verb with object subclass to place in a subclass. 1
  • noun subclass a principal subdivision of a class 0
  • noun subclass a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a class 0
See all 9 definitions of subclass

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Origin of subclass

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20; sub- + class

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Parts of speech for Subclass

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Subclass

subclass popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for subclass

noun subclass

  • kidney — Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
  • kidneys — Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
  • order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
All 3 Synonyms of subclass

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Related words

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    belonging or pertaining to the Anapsida, a subclass of reptiles, extinct except for the turtles, characterized by having no opening in the temporal region of the skull.

  • apterygote

    belonging or pertaining to the Apterygota, a subclass of primitive wingless insects that undergo little or no metamorphosis.

  • chilognath

    any member of the diplopod subclass Chilognatha, including millipedes having exoskeletons heavily sclerotized with calcium carbonate.

  • entomostracan

    any small crustacean of the group (formerly subclass) Entomostraca, including the branchiopods, ostracods, and copepods

  • ophiuroid

    any echinoderm of the subclass Ophiuroidea, including brittle stars, basket stars, and others, characterized by elongate arms radiating from the disk.

  • actinopod

    any protozoan of the phylum Actinopoda, such as a radiolarian or a heliozoan, having stiff radiating cytoplasmic projections
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