class

class
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noun
1 lesson/group of students
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, large
▪ small
▪ advanced, beginners' (BrE), beginning (AmE), elementary, intermediate, introductory, remedial
▪ master (usually masterclass)
▪ biology, history, etc.
▪ acting, creative-writing, dance (AmE), dancing (BrE), etc.
▪ evening, night (esp. AmE)
▪ college, high-school, kindergarten, undergraduate (all AmE)
▪ entering, incoming (= the students starting a school or college in a particular year) (both AmE)
VERB + CLASS
▪ attend, go to, take
▪

He's taking classes in pottery.

▪ enrol/enroll in, sign up for
▪ cut (AmE), miss, skip (AmE)
▪ disrupt, interrupt
▪ hold
▪

The institute holds evening classes throughout the year.

▪ offer
▪

The college offers classes in many subjects.

▪ conduct, give, lead (AmE), run (esp. AmE), take, teach
▪

Who's taking the class today?

▪ address
▪ dismiss
▪

Class dismissed!

▪ fail, flunk (both AmE)
▪ pass (AmE)
▪ ace (AmE, informal)
▪ drop
▪ cover
▪ observe, sit in on
CLASS + VERB
▪ be easy, be hard
▪ be available
▪ graduate (AmE)
CLASS + NOUN
▪ member, teacher
▪ size
▪ discussion
▪ work
▪ reunion
▪ schedule (AmE)
▪ period (AmE)
PREPOSITION
▪ in (a/the) class
▪

We'll start the exercise in class.

▪

Which history class are you in?

▪ class in
▪

She's going to evening classes in Italian.

PHRASES
▪ the back of the class, the front of the class
▪

He sat at the back of the class.

▪ be top of the class, come top of the class
▪

She came top of the class in English.

▪ the class of …  (= a group of students who finish their studies in a particular year)
▪

the class of 2008

▪ the entire class, the whole class
2 social/economic group
ADJECTIVE
▪ leisure (= rich people), lower, lower-middle, middle, upper, upper-middle, working
▪

sections of the working class

▪ chattering (BrE), educated, elite, governing, political, privileged, professional, ruling, wealthy
▪

topics being discussed at the breakfast tables of the chattering classes

▪ capitalist, entrepreneurial, merchant
▪ labouring/laboring, peasant
▪ landed, landowning
▪ dominant
▪ social, socio-economic
▪

Membership of the club is drawn from all social classes.

CLASS + NOUN
▪ structure, system
▪ consciousness
▪ interests
▪ conflict, differences, divisions, struggle, war, warfare
▪ issue
3 group of things
ADJECTIVE
▪ large, small
▪ distinct
▪ special
▪ rare
▪ age, weight
VERB + CLASS
▪ constitute, form
▪

These writers form a distinct class in Russian literature.

PREPOSITION
▪ class of
▪

a rare class of neurological diseases

PHRASES
▪ be in a class of your own, be in a different class (= to be much better than others)
4 high quality/style
ADJECTIVE
▪ great, real
▪

a player of great class

VERB + CLASS
▪ have
▪

She has real class.

PHRASES
▪ a touch of class
▪

The musical entertainment added a touch of class to the occasion.

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adj.
Class is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑registration, ↑test

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