A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together.

A class is a course of teaching in a particular subject.

If you do something in class, you do it during a lesson in school.

The students in a school or university who finish their course in a particular year are often referred to as the class of that year.

Class refers to the division of people in a society into groups according to their social status.

A class of things is a group of them with similar characteristics.

If someone or something is classed as a particular thing, they are regarded as belonging to that group of things.

If you say that someone or something has class, you mean that they are elegant and sophisticated.

If you describe someone or something as a class person or thing, you mean that they are very good.

If you say that someone such as a sports player or a performer is a class act, you mean that they are very good at what they do.

If someone is in a class of their own, they have more of a particular skill or quality than anyone else. If something is in a class of its own, it is better than any other similar thing.