class

noun (RANK)

/klɑːs/

/klæs/

Definition

A2 [C] a group into which goods, services, or people are put according to their standard: Whenever I travel by train, I always travel first class. first/second class mail a business/economy class ticket All the vegetables we sell are Class A. When it comes to mathematics, he's in a different class to his peers.Quality and standard › [C] in the UK, the standard that someone has reached in their university degree: What class of degree did you get? He graduated with a second-class honours degree in physics.Marks and results be in a class of your own › to be the best at a particular activity: As a long-distance runner, she's in a class of her own.Informal words for goodGood, better and bestQuite good, or not very good be in a class by itself/of its own › to be something of such a high quality that nothing can be compared to itInformal words for goodGood, better and bestQuite good, or not very good be out of your class › to be much better at doing something than you: I can't play chess with him. He's completely out of my class!Quality and standard

(Definition of class noun (RANK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)