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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.
Derived terms
Translations
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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designate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design.
Pronunciation
- (adjective) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?z??.n?t/, /?d?z??.ne?t/
- (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?z??.ne?t/
Adjective
designate (not comparable)
- Designated; appointed; chosen.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir G. Buck to this entry?)
- (Britain) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
Verb
designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)
- To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
- To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
Synonyms
- (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
- (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
- (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Derived terms
- designated driver
- designated hitter
Related terms
- codesignative
- designation
- designative
- designatum
Translations
Further reading
- designate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Interlingua
Participle
designate
- past participle of designar
Italian
Verb
designate
- second-person plural present and imperative of designare
- feminine plural of designato
Adjective
designate
- feminine plural of designato
Anagrams
- disegnate
- sdegniate
Latin
Verb
d?sign?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of d?sign?
References
- designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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