Synonyms for classed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : klas, klahs
Phonetic Transcription : klæs, klɑs

Top 10 synonyms for classed Other synonyms for the word classed

Définition of classed

Origin :
  • c.1600, "group of students," from French classe (14c.), from Latin classis "a class, a division; army, fleet," especially "any one of the six orders into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman people for the purpose of taxation;" traditionally originally "the people of Rome under arms" (a sense attested in English from 1650s), and thus akin to calare "to call (to arms)," from PIE root *kele- (2) "to shout" (see claim (v.)). In early use in English also in Latin form classis.
  • School and university sense of "course, lecture" (1650s) is from the notion of a form or lecture reserved to scholars who had attained a certain level. Natural history sense is from 1753. Meaning "a division of society according to status" (upper, lower, etc.) is from 1772. Meaning "high quality" is from 1847. Class-consciousness (1903) is from German klassenbewusst.
  • verb categorize
Example sentences :
  • She could not help feeling that it was pleasant to be so classed.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • In 1805, the harbor was made a port of entry, and classed within the Erie district.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Maria Novella; but not to be classed with any genuine efforts at representation.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • This species has been classed heretofore as Lycoperdon giganteum.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • It has been classed heretofore as S. vulgare, smooth variety.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • But when the ten years are accomplished they are classed as grown men.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • Though these were very various, yet most of them can be classed under three heads.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • Since he classed with his enemies the Whigs who were at home, he had only Tories to draw from.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • His style may be classed as between that of Holbein and Antonio Mor.
  • Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
  • All these were well enough in their way and day; but they are not to be classed with Thackeray.
  • Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by William Ernest Henley

Antonyms for classed

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