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class

 
/klæs/ n [C] (TEACHING GROUP)

Definition

a group of students who are taught together at school, or a short period in which a particular subject is taught: She got in trouble for talking in class. The class of a particular year is the group of students who will complete their studies that year: The class of 2003 is very large.
(Definition of class n (TEACHING GROUP) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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