ALL meanings of form class
form class
F f - noun form class a class of words or forms in a given language that have one or more grammatical features in common, as, in Latin, all masculine nouns in the nominative singular, all masculine singular nouns, all masculine nouns, or all nouns. 1
- noun form class a group of words distinguished by common inflections, such as the weak verbs of English 0
- noun form class a class made up of words that occur in a distinctive position in constructions and have certain formal features in common, as the form class noun in English, made up of all words to which both the plural and possessive suffixes may be added 0
- noun form class (taxonomy) A collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at the rank of class with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be an artificial group rather than a natural one. 0