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class

verb [T]
 
 
/klɑːs/ US  /klæs/

Definition

C1 to consider someone or something to belong to a particular group because of their qualities: I'm 17, but I'm still classed as a child when I travel by bus. I would class her among/with the top ten American novelists.Classifying and creating order
(Definition of class verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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