class meaning

American  

noun

Grammar.

1. the meaning of a grammatical category or a form class, common to all forms showing the category or to all members of the form class, as in the meaning of number common to all Latin nouns or the meaning of singular common to all Latin singular noun and verb forms.

2. the part of the meaning of a linguistic form that it has by virtue of membership in a particular form class, as the past tense meaning of ate.

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Etymology

Origin of class meaning

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The Navy soon confirmed that the gear system failure was a design flaw in the Freedom class, meaning all of the vessels then based at Mayport.

From New York Times

If you notice a pattern of cruelty or exclusion in a class, meaning there are particular students who are repeat offenders, speak to the teacher about it.

From Slate

The most recent government survey, conducted in 2010, found that 39% of the country’s population was middle class, meaning they were likely to own a computer, spend about $200 a month dining out and have at least a high school education.

From Los Angeles Times

“Those who participated in this great debate are mostly retirees and upper middle class, meaning Macron’s electorate, even though we understood this great national debate was supposed to respond to the yellow vest crisis,” lawyer and protester Francois Boulo told Europe-1 radio.

From Los Angeles Times

Dr. Fred D. Ledley, a professor at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass., and an author of the study, said that 84 of the 210 drugs were “first in class,” meaning first in a new class of drugs to treat a particular disease.

From New York Times