Classroom vs. Class

Classroom vs. Class — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Classroom and Class

Classroomnoun

A room, often in a school, where classes take place

Classnoun

(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.Often used to imply membership of a large class.This word has a whole class of metaphoric extensions.

Classroomnoun

a room in a school where lessons take place

Classnoun

A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class.

Classnoun

(uncountable) The division of society into classes.

Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.

Classnoun

(uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.

Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
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Classnoun

A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.

The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.

Classnoun

A series of lessons covering a single subject.

I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.

Classnoun

(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.

The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.

Classnoun

(countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.

I used to fly business class, but now my company can only afford economy.

Classnoun

A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.

Magnolias belong to the class Magnoliopsida.

Classnoun

Best of its kind.

It is the class of Italian bottled waters.
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Classnoun

(statistics) A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution.

Classnoun

(set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.

The class of all sets is not a set.Every set is a class, but classes are not generally sets. A class that is not a set is called a proper class.

Classnoun

(military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.

Classnoun

A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.

an abstract base class

Classnoun

One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.

Classverb

(transitive) To assign to a class; to classify.

I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.

Classverb

(intransitive) To be grouped or classed.

Classverb

(transitive) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

Classadjective

great; fabulous

Classnoun

people having the same social or economic status;

the working classan emerging professional class

Classnoun

a body of students who are taught together;

early morning classes are always sleepy

Classnoun

education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings;

he took a course in basket weavingflirting is not unknown in college classes

Classnoun

a collection of things sharing a common attribute;

there are two classes of detergents

Classnoun

a body of students who graduate together;

the class of '97she was in my year at Hoehandle High

Classnoun

a league ranked by quality;

he played baseball in class D for two yearsPrinceton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA

Classnoun

elegance in dress or behavior;

she has a lot of class

Classnoun

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

Classverb

arrange or order by classes or categories;

How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?