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class

Klasse

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
class
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] auch bezogen auf Schule, Programmierung, Soziologie: Klasse
3. [2] Classis
Englisch > Englisch
class
1. subst. A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.
Often used to imply membership of a large class.
This word has a whole class of metaphoric extensions.
2. subst. (sociology) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class.
3. subst. The division of society into classes.
Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
4. subst. Admirable behavior; elegance.
Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
5. subst. (education, and un) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.
6. subst. A series of classes covering a single subject.
I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.
7. subst. A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.
8. subst. A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
I used to fly business class, but now my company can only afford economy.
9. subst. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
Magnolias belong to the class Magnoliopsida.
10. subst. Best of its kind.
It is the class of Italian bottled waters.
11. subst. (set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
The class of all sets is not a set.
Every set is a class, but classes are not generally sets. A class that is not a set is called a proper class.
12. subst. (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.
13. subst. (object-oriented) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.
an abstract base class
14. subst. One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
15. v. To assign to a class; to classify.
I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
16. v. (intransitive) To be grouped or classed.
17. v. To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
18. adj. (Irish, British, slang) great; fabulous
Deutsch > Englisch
Klasse
1. n-f. a class; a grouping
2. n-f. (school) form; grade; year
3. n-f. (sociology, economics) class (grouping based on upbringing, job, wealth, etc.)
4. n-f. (object-oriented programming) class
5. n-f. class; excellence