Definition of “class” - English Dictionary

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• Sophie is way ahead of the other children in her class.
• She never paid attention in class and seemed to be in a permanent daydream.
• I think it's important to reduce class sizes in schools.
• We've started going to a keep-fit class at the sports centre.
• She's signed up for evening classes at the community college.

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• The upper classes usually send their children to expensive private schools.
• There is a widening gulf between the middle classes and the poorest sections of society.
• The upper middle class tend to go into business or the professions, becoming, for example, lawyers, doctors, or accountants.
• The working class usually reacts in a predictable way to government policies.
• In those days people were expected to marry someone from their own social class.

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• They always fly economy class.
• Because of the delay, we were offered seats in first class.
• I'd like you to send this for me first class, please.
• Most of the girls were good at drawing, but Jenny was in a class of her own.
• When it comes to cooking, Jane's in a different class to the rest of us.