class

/ˈklas/

French classe, from Latin classis group called to military service, fleet, class; perhaps akin to Latin calare to call

noun

  1. a body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject

  2. the period during which such a body meets

  3. a course of instruction

Several students in the class are absent today.

verb

  1. classify

She was classed as a part-time worker.

noun

  1. the act or action of setting

  2. the condition of being set

  3. a number of things of the same kind that belong or are used together