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classify

/ classify /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
Type of:
categorize categorise
Kinds of:
unitize unitise catalogue catalog isolate
Derived:
categorization categorisation classification compartmentalization compartmentalisation
Entails:
compare
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
declare unavailable, as for security reasons
"Classify these documents"
Opposites:
declassify
Type of:
restrict
Derived:
classification
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
assign to a class or kind
"How should algae be classified?"
"People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
Type of:
assign attribute
Derived:
class division social class socio-economic class category
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
37%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
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categorize categorise unitize unitise catalogue catalog isolate restrict declassify assign attribute