Word of the Day
Class
Mac Dictionary’s definition:
noun
1 a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality : the accommodations were good for a hotel of this class | a new class of heart drug.
• Biology a principal taxonomic grouping that ranks above order and below phylum or division, such as Mammalia or Insecta.
2 the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status : people who are socially disenfranchised by class | [as adj. ] the class system.
• a set in a society ordered in such a way : the ruling class.
• ( the classes) archaic the rich or educated.
• informal impressive stylishness in appearance or behavior : she’s got class—she looks like a princess.
3 a group of students who are taught together.
• an occasion when students meet with their teacher for instruction; a lesson : I was late for a class.
• a course of instruction : I took classes in Indian music.
• all those graduating from a school or college in a particular year : the class of 1907.
verb [ trans. ] (often be classed as)
assign or regard as belonging to a particular category : conduct that is classed as criminal.
adjective [ attrib. ] informal
showing stylish excellence : he’s a class player.
PHRASES
class act a person or thing displaying impressive and stylish excellence.
in a class of (or on) its (or one’s) own unequaled, esp. in excellence or performance : the delicacy of English roses puts them in a class of their own.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (sense 3) : from Latin classis ‘a division of the Roman people, a grade, or a class of pupils.’
I wish I was a class A student.
