different between class vs branch
class
English
Etymology
From Middle French classe, from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh?- (“to call, shout”). Doublet of classis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, Ireland, New England) enPR: kläs, IPA(key): /kl??s/
- (Northern England, Scotland) enPR: kl?s, IPA(key): /klæs/, /klas/
- (General American, NYC) enPR: kl?s, IPA(key): /klæs/, /kle?s/
- Rhymes: -??s, -æs
- Hyphenation: class
Noun
class (countable and uncountable, plural classes)
- (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
- (sociology, countable) 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.
- (uncountable) The division of society into classes.
- (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
- (education, countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
- A series of lessons covering a single subject.
- (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
- (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
- (taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
- Best of its kind.
- (statistics) A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution.
- (set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
- 1973, Abraham Fraenkel, Yehoshua Bar-Hillel, Azriel Lévy, Foundations of Set Theory, Elsevier, 2nd Edition, page 119,
- In the present section we shall discuss the various systems of set theory which admit, beside sets, also classes. Classes are like sets, except that they can be very comprehensive; an extreme example of a class is the class which contains all sets. […] The main point which will, in our opinion, emerge from this analysis is that set theory with classes and set theory with sets only are not two separate theories; they are, essentially, different formulations of the same underlying theory.
- 1973, Abraham Fraenkel, Yehoshua Bar-Hillel, Azriel Lévy, Foundations of Set Theory, Elsevier, 2nd Edition, page 119,
- (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.
- (object-oriented programming, countable) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.
- One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:class
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (kurasu)
Translations
Verb
class (third-person singular simple present classes, present participle classing, simple past and past participle classed)
- (transitive) To assign to a class; to classify.
- (intransitive) To be grouped or classed.
- 1790, Edward Tatham, The Chart and Scale of Truth
- the genus or family under which it classes
- 1790, Edward Tatham, The Chart and Scale of Truth
- (transitive) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
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Adjective
class (not comparable)
- (Ireland, Britain, slang) great; fabulous
- 2009, Erik Qualman, Socialnomics
- To talented authors Tim Ash and Brian Reich for introducing me to John Wiley & Sons—a truly class outfit.
- 2009, Erik Qualman, Socialnomics
Related terms
References
- class in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- class in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "class" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 60.
- class at OneLook Dictionary Search
- class in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
Further reading
- Von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Old Irish
Verb
·class
- passive singular preterite conjunct of claidid
Mutation
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branch
English
Alternative forms
- braunch (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, borrowed from Old French branche, brance, from Late Latin branca (“footprint”, later also “paw, claw”), of unknown origin, possibly from Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónk-eh?.
Indo-European cognates include Old Norse vró (“angle, corner”), Lithuanian rankà (“hand”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (r?ka, “hand”), Albanian rangë (“yardwork”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bränch, IPA(key): /b???nt?/
- (US, Northern England) enPR: br?nch, IPA(key): /b?ænt?/
- Rhymes: -??nt?, -ænt?
Noun
branch (plural branches)
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.)
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- his father, a younger branch of the ancient stock
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
Synonyms
- (part of a tree): bough, limb, tillow, twig; see also Thesaurus:tree
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
branch (third-person singular simple present branches, present participle branching, simple past and past participle branched)
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Life Loves Living," [2]:
- The tree throve and branched so heavily that the windows of Lower West and the Doll's Flat were darkened.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Life Loves Living," [2]:
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- 2003, Paul Routledge, The Bumper Book of British Lefties (page 199)
- His staff were 'not journalists, but Communists', he maintained. Nonetheless, in 1948 his vigorous editorship took the paper's circulation to 120,000 a day. The following year, he was 'branched' by the National Union of Journalists for an intemperate attack on Fleet Street.
- 2003, Paul Routledge, The Bumper Book of British Lefties (page 199)
Related terms
- branch off
- branch out
Translations
References
Further reading
- branch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- branch (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French branche (“branch”).
Noun
branch
- branch
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
branch
- Alternative form of braunche
Etymology 2
Verb
branch
- Alternative form of braunchen
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