[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/class.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / class [← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/C/) # class «class» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a group of students who learn together** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (class, classes); verb (class, classed — to put into a group); adjective (casual: class — excellent) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A class is a group of students who learn together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#m1) 2) A class is a lesson or a time of teaching: «a dance class». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#m2) 3) A class is a group of things that are alike: «Mammals are a class of animals». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#m3) 4) Class can mean the level of a ticket or a seat: «first class». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#m4) 5) Class can mean a group of people with the same money or job in society: «working class», «middle class». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#m5) 6) (casual) «Class» (UK, Ireland) means excellent: «That goal was class!»; «classy» means stylish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#m6) 7) (rude) «No class» means rude or badly behaved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#m7) 8) (formal) Exams say «cohort», «form» (UK), «grade» (USA), «a teaching group», «classify» and «category». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#m8) ### sense in the lessons a group of students, often an equal group: classes × students each = students; in science, animals are sorted into classes; phrases: «in class», «class teacher», «classmate», «classroom», «first class», «class trip», «class of»; in casual talk «that was class», «classy», «top of the class»; in rough talk «zero class, he burped in assembly»; in the exam voice «a cohort of 25 pupils», «six teaching groups», «classify the following» ### examples - In the first edition I overlooked this word three; and putting and for as, made four classes of serving beings. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x1) - With these three classes, or groups, of letters were created the various parts of the world ish'-j), of the year ("Jti') and of tiie soul. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x2) - There are 24 students in the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x3) - The school has 6 classes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x4) - Each class has 25 students. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x5) - How many students are in all the classes? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x6) - Please be quiet in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x7) - I go to a swimming class on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x8) - Birds and mammals are two classes of animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x9) - That goal was class, mate! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x10) - Zero class, he ate 5 of my chips without asking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x11) - We flew first class once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x12) - An institution comprises six cohorts, each of 25 pupils. Compute the aggregate enrolment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x13) - Classify the following animals: bird, fish, mammal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x14) - These stories are of several different classes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/#x15) ### note Plural: classes. A group: classes × students each = students. Trap: the number of classes is not the number of students. «cohort» and «teaching group» in an exam mean a class. «class!» in UK and Irish slang means great, with no number meaning. «grade 3» (USA) is about «year 4» (UK). ### In the corpora - [And there it hurts most, because the person has to walk into class the next morning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/1/) - [Even grown-ups often can't spot a fake picture by looking; in Maddie's class half got it wrong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/6/) - [A word wall in class shows key words so children can check them; using it is how spellings get learned, not cheating.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/19/) - [A recount retells real events in time order: «On Tuesday, Class 4 went to the seaside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/1/) - [A word's class depends on its job in THIS sentence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/2/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «class» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/class/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.