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How to sign: a body of students who are taught together
"early morning classes are always sleepy";
Categories: assemblage, gathering
Within this category: biology class, chemistry class, English class, first grade, master class, physics class, sixth form, Sunday school class
How to sign: arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?";
Similiar / Same: classify, sort out, sort, assort, separate
Categories: categorise, categorize
Within this category: catalogue, count, dichotomize, grade, group, isolate, pigeonhole, reclassify, refer, size, unitize
How to sign: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
"there are two classes of detergents";
Similiar / Same: category, family
Categories: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
Within this category: conjugation, declension, denomination, Diplopoda, grammatical category, Larvacea, Malacostraca, sex, stamp, substitution class
How to sign: education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings
"he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes";
Similiar / Same: course, course of instruction, course of study
Categories: education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching
Within this category: adult education, art class, childbirth-preparation class, correspondence course, course of lectures, extension course, home study, industrial arts, orientation course, propaedeutic, refresher course, seminar, shop class, workshop