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n. elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"

n. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

n. a term used in object-oriented programming for a type of data defining a collection of objects sharing the same characteristics

year

n. a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"

division

n. a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"

course, course of instruction, course of study

n. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

socioeconomic class, social class

n. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

category, family

n. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"

form, grade

n. a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

separate, sort, sort out, classify, assort

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

distinction

n. a distinguishing quality; "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"

strain, stock, variety, breed

n. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"

form, sort, variety, kind, species

n. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

course of study, curriculum, syllabus

n. an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

session

n. a meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session"

subject, topic, theme

n. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"

hunt, hunting

n. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

group, grouping

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

sort

n. a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"

range, chain, mountain chain, mountain range, chain of mountains, range of mountains

n. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

distance

n. a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"

group, radical

n. (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

group, grouping

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

categorization, classification

n. a group of people or things arranged by class or category

division

n. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

division

n. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

taxonomy

n. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc

order, ordering

n. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

system

n. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

estate, estate of the realm

n. a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights

rank

n. a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

order, coordinate, bring order to, organize, organise, co-ordinate

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

put, order, arrange, set up

v. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

place, order, range, rate, grade, rank

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

codify

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

measure, value, rate, appraise, evaluate, assess, place a valuation on, place a value on

v. place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"

figure, estimate, forecast, reckon, calculate, count on

v. judge to be probable

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

label

v. distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

label

v. distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

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