| class action |
a lawsuit brought on behalf of all persons sharing grounds for legal action, such as all consumers allegedly harmed by a particular product. |
| class consciousness |
awareness of one's social or economic status and the class to which one belongs. |
| class rank |
a student's position on a list ordered by grade point average of all students in the same grade or year at a school. |
| class struggle |
in Marxist theory, the constant contention for economic and political power that goes on between the owners of the means of production, or capitalists, and the workers. |
| first class |
the best, finest, or highest in quality, class, grade, or rank. [3 definitions] |
| first-class |
of the highest in quality; best. [2 definitions] |
| form class |
a class of words or word elements that share certain grammatical features and therefore function similarly in a language, such as the class of words called adjectives. |
| fourth-class |
of or relating to a class next below the third, as for mailing, shipping, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| lower class |
the socioeconomic class or classes below the middle class; working class; proletariat. |
| master class |
a small class for very advanced students, esp. a class in musical performance taught by a master musician. |
| middle class |
the class of people between the rich and the poor. |
| middle-class |
of or pertaining to the middle class of a society. |
| private first class |
a soldier in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps ranking below a corporal and above a private. |
| second class |
the class, status, or rank next below first class. [3 definitions] |
| second-class |
not of highest quality or status. [3 definitions] |
| sergeant first class |
in the U.S. Army, a noncommissioned officer who ranks above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant. |
| third class |
the class, status, or rank next below second class. [3 definitions] |
| third-class |
of or designating the class below second class, as in railroad passenger accommodations, postal delivery, or the like. [3 definitions] |
| upper class |
the most prominent or richest group of people in a society. |
| upper-class |
of, relating to, or belonging to a high social class. [2 definitions] |