classroom

noun

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

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Ohio has even started requiring schools to create rules for AI use in classrooms. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025 At Nashoba Public School, in a rural part of southeast Oklahoma where there’s little else but timber and twisting roads, the roughly 50 kids who make up the elementary and middle grades are taught in split-grade classrooms. Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025 Every decision, every policy, every classroom moment must radiate honesty, courage and moral clarity. MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 But how does his emotional music play in a New York classroom of third graders? Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 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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