class
classes; classed; classing
If you attend school, you probably have a favorite class — a series of lectures or discussions where you can learn about a particular subject, like English, math, or economics.
The characteristic of being high quality or displaying elegance is also called class. Your snobby friend might glance around your favorite diner and say, "Let's go somewhere else. This place has no class." In society, class refers to a ranking system based on socio-economics, birth, education level, or a combination of those things. Your ancestors might have been working class, until your grandfather struck it rich.
Definitions of class
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a collection of things sharing a common attribute“there are two classes of detergents”
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grammatical category, syntactic category
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
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paradigm, substitution class
the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
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brass family
(music) the family of brass instruments
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violin family
(music) the family of bowed stringed instruments
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woodwind family
(music) the family of woodwind instruments
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stamp
a type or class
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sex
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided
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declension
a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
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conjugation
a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
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denomination
a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
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histocompatibility complex
a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response
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case, grammatical case
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
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form class, part of speech, word class
one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
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number
the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
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person
a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
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gender, grammatical gender
a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
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tense
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
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participant role, semantic role
(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
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accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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people having the same social, economic, or educational status“the working class”“an emerging professional class”
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synonyms:
social class, socio-economic class, stratum
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domain, world
people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
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age class
people in the same age range
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agriculture
the class of people engaged in growing food
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brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
people engaged in a particular occupation
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estate, estate of the realm, the three estates
a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
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labor, labour, proletariat, working class
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
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lower class, underclass
the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
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bourgeoisie, middle class
the social class between the lower and upper classes
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booboisie
class consisting of all those who are considered boobs
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commonality, commonalty, commons
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
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peasantry
the class of peasants
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demimonde
a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior
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underworld
the criminal class
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yeomanry
class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
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caste
a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
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caste
(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
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upper class, upper crust
the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
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ninja
a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
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firing line
the most advanced and responsible group in an activity
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immigrant class
recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural backgrounds
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center
politically moderate persons; centrists
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old school
a class of people favoring traditional ideas
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market
the customers for a particular product or service
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craft, trade
people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
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fair sex, woman, womanhood
women as a class
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Lords Spiritual, first estate
the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain
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Lords Temporal, second estate
the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain
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Commons, third estate
the common people
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fourth estate
the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers
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labor force, labor pool
the source of trained people from which workers can be hired
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lumpenproletariat
(Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement
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organized labor
employees who are represented by a labor union
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petit bourgeois, petite bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie
lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
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academe, academia
the academic world
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Grub Street
the world of literary hacks
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jati
(Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter)
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elite, elite group
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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aristocracy, gentry
the most powerful members of a society
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people in power, ruling class
the class of people exerting power or authority
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black market
people who engage in illicit trade
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people
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
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(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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Schizomycetes, class Schizomycetes
a former classification
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Cyanophyceae, class Cyanobacteria, class Cyanophyceae
photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae
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Sarcodina, class Sarcodina
characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda
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Actinopoda, subclass Actinopoda
heliozoans; radiolarians
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Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda
creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
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Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora
class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
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Infusoria, subclass Infusoria
in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter
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Chrysophyceae, Heterokontae, class Chrysophyceae, class Heterokontae
all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length
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Xanthophyceae, class Xanthophyceae
yellow-green algae
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Bacillariophyceae, Diatomophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, class Diatomophyceae
marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms
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Phaeophyceae, class Phaeophyceae
brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae
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Cyclosporeae, class Cyclosporeae
in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales
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Euglenophyceae, class Euglenophyceae
coextensive with the division Euglenophyta
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Chlorophyceae, class Chlorophyceae
algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments
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Ulvophyceae, class Ulvophyceae
alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications
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Charophyceae, class Charophyceae
in some classifications: contains only the order Charales
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Rhodophyceae, class Rhodophyceae
coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae
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Flagellata, Mastigophora, class Flagellata, class Mastigophora
protozoa having flagella
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Zoomastigina, subclass Zoomastigina
in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates
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Phytomastigina, subclass Phytomastigina
plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae
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Cryptophyceae, class Cryptophyceae
motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae
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Sporozoa, class Sporozoa
strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites
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Telosporidia, subclass Telosporidia
parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites
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Acnidosporidia, subclass Acnidosporidia
a subclass of Sporozoa
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Cnidosporidia, subclass Cnidosporidia
single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates
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Ascidiaceae, class Ascidiaceae
sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts
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Thaliacea, class Thaliacea
small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order
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Larvacea, class Larvacea
small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order
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Agnatha, superclass Agnatha
superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
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Gnathostomata, superclass Gnathostomata
comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws
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Placodermi, class Placodermi
extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws
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Chondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyes
cartilaginous fishes
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Holocephali, subclass Holocephali
chimaeras and extinct forms
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Elasmobranchii, Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii, subclass Selachii
sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates
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Aves, class Aves
(ornithology) the class of birds
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Archaeornithes, subclass Archaeornithes
primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous
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amphibia, class Amphibia
the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians
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Reptilia, class Reptilia
class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
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Anapsida, subclass Anapsida
oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian forms
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Lepidosauria, subclass Lepidosauria
diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras
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Archosauria, subclass Archosauria
a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
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Synapsida, subclass Synapsida
extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals
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Chelicerata, superclass Chelicerata
spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs
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Arachnida, class Arachnida
a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings
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superclass Myriapoda
used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes
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Pauropoda, class Pauropoda
an obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs
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Symphyla, class Symphyla
small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede
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Tardigrada, class Tardigrada
in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx
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Chilopoda, class Chilopoda
arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes
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Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Diplopoda, class Myriapoda
arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes
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Mammalia, class Mammalia
warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female
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Prototheria, subclass Prototheria
echidnas; platypus
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Pantotheria, subclass Pantotheria
generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic; commonly conceded to be ancestral to marsupial and placental mammals
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Metatheria, subclass Metatheria
pouched animals
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Eutheria, subclass Eutheria
all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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Hyalospongiae, class Hyalospongiae
sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers
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Scyphozoa, class Scyphozoa
coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes
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Hydrozoa, class Hydrozoa
coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
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Actinozoa, Anthozoa, class Actinozoa, class Anthozoa
a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
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Nuda, class Nuda
ctenophores lacking tentacles; comprises one genus: beroe
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Tentaculata, class Tentaculata
ctenophores have retractile tentacles
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Turbellaria, class Turbellaria
free-living flatworms
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Trematoda, class Trematoda
parasitic flatworms (including flukes)
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Cestoda, class Cestoda
tapeworms
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Aphasmidia, class Aphasmidia
one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems
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Phasmidia, class Phasmidia
one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems
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Archiannelida, class Archiannelida
a class of Annelida
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Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta
earthworms
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Polychaeta, class Polychaeta
marine annelid worms
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Hirudinea, class Hirudinea
hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids
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Scaphopoda, class Scaphopoda
small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells
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Gasteropoda, Gastropoda, class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda
snails and slugs and their relatives
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Opisthobranchia, subclass Opisthobranchia
gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares
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Amphineura, subclass Amphineura
a class of Gastropoda
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Polyplacophora, class Polyplacophora
small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura
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Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda
oysters; clams; scallops; mussels
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Cephalopoda, class Cephalopoda
octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus
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Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata
comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
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Crustacea, class Crustacea
class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas
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Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca
largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies
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Entomostraca, subclass Entomostraca
in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use
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Branchiopoda, subclass Branchiopoda
primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas
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Copepoda, subclass Copepoda
minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans
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Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda
seed shrimps
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Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia
barnacles
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Onychophora, class Onychophora
enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids
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Hexapoda, Insecta, class Hexapoda, class Insecta
insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
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Exopterygota, Hemimetabola, subclass Exopterygota
subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis
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Asteroidea, class Asteroidea
sea stars
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Ophiuroidea, class Ophiuroidea
brittle stars and basket stars
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Ophiurida, subclass Ophiurida
brittle stars
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Euryalida, subclass Euryalida
basket stars
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Echinoidea, class Echinoidea
sea urchins and sand dollars
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Crinoidea, class Crinoidea
sea lilies
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Holothuroidea, class Holothuroidea
class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers
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Hominoidea, superfamily Hominoidea
anthropoid apes and human beings
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Channidae, class Channidae
snakeheads
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Osteichthyes, class Osteichthyes
a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage
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Crossopterygii, subclass Crossopterygii
fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians
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Dipnoi, subclass Dipnoi
bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii
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Teleostei, subclass Teleostei
large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species
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Anthoceropsida, class Anthoceropsida
hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
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Bryopsida, Musci, class Bryopsida, class Musci
true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
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Hepaticae, Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticae, class Hepaticopsida
liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales
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Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, class Gymnospermae, division Gymnospermophyta
plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida)
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Gnetophyta, Gnetophytina, Gnetopsida, class Gnetopsida, subdivision Gnetophytina
gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
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Cycadophyta, Cycadophytina, Cycadopsida, class Cycadopsida, subdivision Cycadophyta, subdivision Cycadophytina
palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta)
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Pteridospermopsida, class Pteridospermopsida
extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies
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Coniferophyta, Coniferophytina, Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, subdivision Coniferophytina
cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian)
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Pinophytina, Pinopsida, class Pinopsida, subdivision Pinophytina
most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
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Taxophytina, Taxopsida, class Taxopsida, subdivision Taxophytina
yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
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Ginkgophytina, Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgophytina, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision Ginkgophyta, subdivision Ginkgophytina
ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
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Angiospermae, Anthophyta, Magnoliophyta, class Angiospermae, division Anthophyta, division Magnoliophyta
comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
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Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida, class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
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Magnoliidae, ranalian complex, subclass Magnoliidae
a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
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Liliopsida, Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones, class Liliopsida, class Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledones
comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae
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Alismatidae, subclass Alismatidae
one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs
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Arecidae, subclass Arecidae
one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae
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Commelinidae, subclass Commelinidae
one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae
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Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae
a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder
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Asteridae, subclass Asteridae
a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder
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Rosidae, subclass Rosidae
a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae
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Hamamelidae, subclass Hamamelidae
a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder
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Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae
a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
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Liliidae, subclass Liliidae
one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae
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Zygomycetes, class Zygomycetes
class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota
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Myxomycetes, class Myxomycetes
the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota
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Acrasiomycetes, class Acrasiomycetes
cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista
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Oomycetes, class Oomycetes
nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists
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Chytridiomycetes, class Chytridiomycetes
a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants
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Eumycetes, class Eumycetes
category used in some classifications: coextensive with division Eumycota
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Deuteromycetes, class Deuteromycetes
form class; coextensive with subdivision Deuteromycota
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Basidiomycetes, class Basidiomycetes
large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota
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Homobasidiomycetes, subclass Homobasidiomycetes
category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes
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Heterobasidiomycetes, subclass Heterobasidiomycetes
category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts
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Hymenomycetes, class Hymenomycetes
used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi
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Ascomycetes, class Ascomycetes
large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
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Euascomycetes, subclass Euascomycetes
category not used in many classification systems
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Hemiascomycetes, class Hemiascomycetes
class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasites
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Plectomycetes, class Plectomycetes
class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration)
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Pyrenomycetes, class Pyrenomycetes
class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
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Discomycetes, subclass Discomycetes
a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped
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Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes
fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
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Tiliomycetes, class Tiliomycetes
category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)
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Filicinae, Filicopsida, class Filicinae, class Filicopsida
ferns
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Psilopsida, Psilotatae, class Psilopsida, class Psilotatae
whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs
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Equisetatae, Sphenopsida, class Equisetatae, class Sphenopsida
horsetails and related forms
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Lycopodiate, Lycopsida, class Lycopodiate, class Lycopsida
club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
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Lycopodineae, class Lycopodineae
alternative designation for the class Lycopsida
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taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group
animal or plant group having natural relations
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arrange or order by classes or categories
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unitise, unitize
separate or classify into units
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catalog, catalogue
make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
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isolate
separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
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refer
think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another
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reclassify
classify anew, change the previous classification
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size
sort according to size
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dichotomise, dichotomize
divide into two opposing groups or kinds
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pigeonhole, stamp, stereotype
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
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group
arrange into a group or groups
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grade
determine the grade of or assign a grade to
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count, number
put into a group
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regroup
reorganize into new groups
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bracket
classify or group
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chunk, collocate, lump
group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
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batch
batch together; assemble or process as a batch
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categorise, categorize
place into or assign to a category
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education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings“flirting is not unknown in college classes”
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synonyms:
course, course of instruction, course of study
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adult education
a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study
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art class
a class in which you learn to draw or paint
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childbirth-preparation class
a course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labor
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correspondence course
a course offered (by mail) by a correspondence school
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course of lectures
a series of lectures dealing with a subject
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directed study
a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject
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elective, elective course
a course that the student can select from among alternatives
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extension course
a course offered as part of an extension service
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home study
a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom
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industrial arts
a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools
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orientation, orientation course
a course introducing a new situation or environment
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propaedeutic, propaedeutics
a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally)
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refresher, refresher course
a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments
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required course
a course that all students are required to take
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seminar
a course offered for a small group of advanced students
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shop, shop class
a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)
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workshop
a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving
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life class
an art class using a live human model
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didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
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a body of students who are taught together“early morning classes are always sleepy”
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master class
a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert
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discussion section, section
a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
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assemblage, gathering
a group of persons together in one place
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master class
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a body of students who graduate together“the class of '97”
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synonyms:
year
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graduating class
the body of students who graduate together this year
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senior class
final grade or class in high school or college
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junior class
penultimate class in high school or college
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sophomore class
the second class in a four-year college or high school
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freshman class
the first class in college or high school
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assemblage, gathering
a group of persons together in one place
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elegance in appearance or behavior“she has a lot of class”
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elegance
a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
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elegance
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a league ranked by quality“he played baseball in class D for two years”
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synonyms:
division
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conference, league
an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
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conference, league
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