(n.) A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.
(n.) A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.
(n.) A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
(n.) A set; a kind or description, species or variety.
(n.) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader.
(n.) To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.
(n.) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
(v. i.) To grouped or classed.
Example Sentences:
(1) The interaction of the antibody with both the bacterial and the tissue derived polysialic acids suggests that the conformational epitope critical for the interaction is formed by both classes of compounds.
(2) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
(3) The populations of Asia-Oceania have some features of the class II RFLPs in common, which are distinctly different from Caucasoids.
(4) The strongest predictor of non-sudden cardiac death was the New York Heart Association functional class.
(5) This modulation results from repetitive, alternating bursts of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials, which are caused at least in part by synaptic feedback to the command neurons from identified classes of neurons in the feeding network.
(6) Radioligand binding studies revealed the presence of a single class of high-affinity (Kd = 2-6 X 10(-10) M) binding sites for ET-1 in both cells, although the maximal binding capacity of cardiac receptor was about 6- to 12-fold greater than that of vascular receptor.
(7) Their contour lengths varied from 0.28 to 51 micron, but unlike in the case of maize, a large difference was not observed in the distribution of molecular classes greater than 1.0 micron between N and S cytoplasms of sugar beet.
(8) These sequences are also conserved in the same arrangement in minor sequence classes of minicircles from this strain.
(9) This suggests that Mg2+ accelerated both reactions from a single class of site.
(10) The sensitivity of an indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test (screening test) for the detection of antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was examined by using 128 serum specimens and quaternary aminoethyl (QAE)-Sephadex A50 column chromatography to separate IgM from IgG class antibodies.
(11) The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effects of cromakalim (BRL 34915), a potent drug from a new class of drugs characterized as "K+ channel openers", on the electrical activity of human skeletal muscle.
(12) Antibiotics and anticonvulsants were the two most commonly used drug classes.
(13) The individual classes of drugs are first treated separately to highlight specific aspects of their quantification, and this is followed by an overview of those methods permitting the concomitant analysis of two or more antiepileptic compounds.
(14) the class- and specificity-restricted antigen-sensitive units.
(15) A NYHA-class greater than II was observed in 18% of patients with type-I hypertrophy, in 29% with type II, but in 61% with type III (p less than or equal to 0.05).
(16) Cell lines specific for class I or class II loci of the MHC produced interferon and colony-stimulating factors.
(17) To become president of Afghanistan , Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai changed his wardrobe and modified his name, gave up coffee, embraced a man he once denounced as a “known killer” and even toyed with anger management classes to tame a notorious temper.
(18) Enough with Clintonism and its prideful air of professional-class virtue.
(19) Participants were selected from existing classes forming a weight training, aerobic exercise and activity control group.
(20) This unusual insertion could affect the interaction of cat CD4 with class II molecules, or with FIV, a feline homolog of HIV.
Raunchy
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Freddie's lyrics were never really even that wild or suggestive, never mind erotic or raunchy.
(2) She said that the highly publicised online spat between Connor and Cyrus – the Hannah Montana star who has gone for an image overhaul with raunchy videos such as Wrecking Ball and a very sexual "twerking" incident at MTV's Video Music Awards – has not helped break the gender stereotype in the industry.
(3) He compared Page 3 to a new exhibition of erotic Japanese paintings at the British Museum in London and said: "This stuff at the British Museum is far more explicit and raunchy."
(4) ▶ Not funny Valentin: Raunchy posters for The Artist star Jean Dujardin's new comedy Les Infidèles have been removed from Parisian billboards after worries that the "sexist" pictures, which show Dujardin nestled between the spreadeagled legs of an anonymous woman , would damage the actor's Oscar prospects.
(5) In its turn, this raunchy and rebellious interpretation came under attack in the 1980s for disregarding the forces of the conservative establishment, underestimating the still formidable power of monarchy, aristocracy and Church of England.
(6) To me it's not about nudity or having a raunchy or raw kind of look… People think if you take pictures of yourself, you're self-obsessed but that's like saying if you write a diary or an autobiography, you're self-obsessed.
(7) ParentPort will act as a one-stop online complaints centre for the public to lodge concerns about all manner of inappropriate material – from risque music videos and raunchy billboard advertising to TV programmes and clothing lines at retailers – to simplify the complaints process.
(8) The four-page document outlines a new "two-tiered case-by-case" approach to sexualised images that will limit advertising with sexual content appearing near schools as well as the how raunchy the imagery is.
(9) Financial paralysis has seen movie production grind to a halt: MGM's only significant release this year was a raunchy comedy, Hot Tub Time Machine , that bombed at the box office.
(10) While Summer renounced her raunchy past, betraying her gay fans in the process, her best records still pulsate with that spirit, the lifeforce of pop itself.
(11) This is the part of the equation that got lost on Miley Cyrus and is probably why so many people found her attempt at raunchiness not just excruciating to watch but also offensive.
(12) She has designed a handbag for Fendi, vases for Lalique, and a perfume bottle for Donna Karan, as well as the obligatory luxury yacht – and even a raunchy range of swimwear, leading to rumours she was starting her own fashion label.
(13) A raunchy TV ad featuring ex-Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has been banned for being sexist and degrading to women.
(14) Is that why he doesn't really make comedies any more – because his comedy-style is more family-friendly than raunchy?
(15) The Radio Times has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for running a raunchy ad for a Russian bride service on its website.
(16) The big hope is that Yang Guang and Tian Tian will produce cubs, but they may need help, counsels the Daily Mail in its coverage: "In 2007, keepers at Northern Thailand's Chiang Mai zoo resorted to sitting a male called Chuang Chuang in front of a TV showing raunchy videos of bears mating in an attempt to spark his interest."
(17) Also likely to end Washington's staid image is HBO's new comedy Washingtonienne, based on Jessica Cutler's raunchy blog, which aims to make Washington's young, single professionals as infamous as Sex and the City made their New York counterparts.
(18) Say what you like about the Eurovision song contest: the staging is spectacular and acts like the raunchy Polish faux-folk girls and Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst are fun.
(19) The Downing Street-commissioned Bailey review is expected to recommend restrictions on products such as padded bras and high heels for girls as young as 10 and raunchy music videos .
(20) She must have wanted to come across as cool and edgy during her bikini clad VMA performance, but instead the young singer turned herself into a parody of what a female pop star is supposed to be with her misguided attempt at raunchiness.