Collocations for "classes"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "classes" in context.
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class
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [math, science, Spanish] class
- have [math] class on [Mondays]
- [a beginner's, an intermediate, an advanced] class (in) [math]
- a [beginner's] [math] class
- is a [long, difficult, boring] class
- [math] is my favorite class
- is time to [go, get, run] to class
- was late for class (again, today)
- skipped class [this morning, twice this week]
- there is no class [on Monday, today]
- do not have class [on Monday]
- what classes [do you have, are you taking]?
- have class with her
- [pay attention, sleep, listen] in class
- there are [25] students in the class
- a class on [American history, the war, organic chemistry]
- is [taking, teaching] a class on [American history]
- a master class in [cooking, oil painting, cake baking]
- [read, lectured, watched a movie] during class (today)
- the class of ['98]
- [economic, social, racial] classes
- the [lower, middle, upper] class
- is a [part, member] of the lower class
- UK: the chattering classes
- a class of [animals, problems, ideas]
- she has no class
- showed [great, considerable, a lot of] class
- that was [pure, sheer] class!
- [get, have] some class!
- the class president
- during the class period
- always plays (the) class clown
- a full class load (this semester)
- first class mail
- [business, coach] class [seats, flight, tickets]
- class [wars, gap]
- economic class [disparity, equality]
- a high-class [establishment, hotel]
- a class action lawsuit
- class her as the [best, fastest, most qualified]
- [is, should be] classed with the [best]
- (would) class him [alongside, along with]
- classed by [some, many] as the [best]
- classed into (three) [groups, sections]
- classed by [skill, performance, qualification]
- classed according to [skill]
'classes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Japanese
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Swedish
- adult
- afternoon
- anger
- band
- bilingual
- chemical
- class
- cleavage
- comprise
- compulsory
- different
- drawing
- driving
- dropout
- dummy
- dynamic
- elementary
- enroll
- evening
- fiddle
- flute
- flying
- gap
- hierarchy
- kindergarten
- language
- lower
- management
- mandatory
- placement
- professional
- puppy
- schedule
- scheduling
- separate
- sex
- singing