Collocation Dictionary

Try "happy" or "love"

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Common collocations with class in British Collocation

class noun

UK /klɑːs/

poorer

exploited
labouring
lower
oppressed
working

Health improved for the lower classes, as rationing brought greater equality in food distribution.

richer or more educated

educated
landowning
leisured
middle
privileged
propertied
ruling
upper
upper-middle

Historically, women who left home came mainly from the aristocracy and upper-middle class.

social

social

Social class influences the educational attainments of pupils.

relating to the differences between the classes

conflict
consciousness
differences
divide
struggle

A class divide soon began to develop between the landed gentry, the factory owners and the workers.

system

system

The film is a brilliant satire on the English class system.

age
creed
ethnicity
gender
race
sexuality

Teachers set high expectations for their pupils, no matter what their class or race.

exercise
fitness
keep-fit

level

advanced
beginners
intermediate
introductory
master
mixed-ability

In a mixed-ability class, high-ability kids can be left to read by themselves, while teachers help the low-ability kids.

time

evening
weekly
one-hour, two-hour etc

He is teaching a 10-week course of evening classes, ‘Mosaics Made Easy’.