Definition of Class. Meaning of Class. Synonyms of Class

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Definition of Class

Class
Class Class, v. i. To grouped or classed. The genus or famiky under which it classes. --Tatham.
Class
Class Class (kl[.a]s), n. [F. classe, fr. L. classis class, collection, fleet; akin to Gr. klh^sis a calling, kalei^n to call, E. claim, haul.] 1. A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes. 2. A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies. 3. A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc. 4. A set; a kind or description, species or variety. She had lost one class energies. --Macaulay. 5. (Methodist Church) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader. Class of a curve (Math.), the kind of a curve as expressed by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point to the curve. A circle is of the second class. Class meeting (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction.
Class
Class Class, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Classed; p. pr. & vb. n. Classing.] [Cf. F. classer. See Class, n.] 1. To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages. Note: In scientific arrangement, to classify is used instead of to class. --Dana. 2. To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

Meaning of Class from wikipedia

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- In tabletop games and video games, a character class is an occupation, profession, or role ****igned to a game character to highlight and differentiate...
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