how to pronounce class

/klɑːs/

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the above transcription of class is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

class is pronounced in one syllable

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ɑː

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An example use of class in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… fact i would even class him as a friend …”

meaning of class

Class is a group of students who are taught together.

class frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word class occurs in english on average 181.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics class can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that class can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;