caste
US: /ˈkæst/
UK: /kˈɑːst/
UK: /kˈɑːst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
caste /kɑ:st/
- danh từ
- đẳng cấp
- the caste system: chế độ đẳng cấp
- chế độ đẳng cấp; địa vị đẳng cấp
- tầng lớp được đặc quyền (trong xã hội)
- to lose (renounce) caste
- mất địa vị trong xã hội; mất đặc quyền
- đẳng cấp
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] any of the four main divisions of Hindu society, originally those made according to functions in society: the caste system + high-caste Brahmins
2 [C] a social class, especially one whose members do not allow others to join it: the ruling caste
3 [U] the system of dividing society into classes based on differences in family origin, rank or wealth
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
(social) class, rank, order, level, stratum, standing, position, station, status, estate:
The women of her caste practised suttee.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
high, low
He belongs to one of the highest castes.
VERB + CASTE
belong to
CASTE + NOUN
system
the Hindu caste system
PHRASES
a member of a caste, of high/low caste
Concise English dictionary
casteskɑːst
noun
+social status or position conferred by a system based on class
+(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
+a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
