Definition

1. Noun:
   • A group of people who are within the same specific range of years: An "age class" refers to a category or grouping of individuals who share a similar age, typically used for statistical, educational, or social analysis.

Usage

• The term "age class" is used to categorize populations for studies, organize educational systems, plan social services, or structure competitive events.
• It functions as a countable noun.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The school divides students into age classes for physical education.
  • The study compared the voting patterns of different age classes.
  • Participants in the tournament must compete within their designated age class.

Advanced Usage

• "to fall into an age class": to belong to a particular age-based category.
  • Most of our customers fall into the 25-34 age class.

Variants and Related Words

• Age group (n): A very similar term, often used interchangeably with "age class" to mean a cohort of people of similar age.
  • The toy is marketed toward a specific age group.
• Cohort (n): In statistics and sociology, a group of people sharing a common demographic experience, such as being born in the same time period.
  • They studied the economic outcomes of the post-war cohort.

Synonyms

• Age bracket: A specified range of ages.
• Generation: All the people born and living at about the same time (can be broader than a specific class).
• Demographic segment: A portion of a population defined by specific characteristics, including age.

Related Phrases

• Age-class structure (n): The distribution of individuals in a population among different age classes.
  • The age-class structure of the country is shifting toward an older population.

Noun

1. people in the same age range