classroom

noun

class·​room ˈklas-ˌrüm How to pronounce classroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a place where classes meet

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The employee hoped Morgan, who heads up TEAM, Inc., a nonprofit that runs 56 Head Start classrooms, might soon have a new contact with another office, but no further details were provided. Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025 In the following weeks the parents learned the twins’ three-day-a-week community preschool had decided to dismiss them from their program too, citing issues with them transitioning from their small family environment to the classroom. Eileen Finan, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Browder and Entwistle were intrinsically driven to solve real-world problems, resulting in sustained engagement that far exceeds traditional classroom expectations. Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 In an 11th-grade-English classroom in rural Georgia, seven students are reading The Crucible with their very cool teacher, Carter Smith (Gabriel Ebert, demonstrating his genius for subtly terrifying characters who seem like such sweet, fun, sensitive guys). Sara Holdren, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for classroom

Word History

First Known Use

1777, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of classroom was in 1777

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“Classroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classroom. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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classroom

noun
class·​room -ˌrüm How to pronounce classroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room in a school or college in which classes meet

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