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classify Definition

clas·sify (klas′ə fī′)

transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing

  1. to arrange or group in classes according to some system or principle
  2. to place in a class or category
  3. to designate (governmental documents, reports, etc.) to be secret or confidential and available only to authorized persons

Etymology: < L classis (see class) + -fy

classify Related Forms
clas′·si·fi′·able adjective clas′·si·fi′er noun
classify Synonyms

classify

v.

arrange, order, pigeonhole, tabulate, organize, distribute, categorize, systematize, assort, sort, coordinate, correlate, incorporate, codify, collocate, label, alphabetize, place in a category, file, range, form into classes, stratify, divide, docket, allocate, number, rate, ticket, class, dispose, assign, rank, catalog, segregate, distinguish, brand, digest, allot, analyze, regiment, name, group, tag, type, put in order, break down, index, grade, match, size, reduce to order, introduce a system; see also file 1, list 1.

Antonyms disorganize, disorder*, disarrange.

classify Usage Examples

Object

  • substance: Actions: The packaging is manufactured and supplied to not contain any deliberately added substances classified as harmful to the environment.
  • organism: Topics covered will include: Why do we need to classify organisms?
  • ad: You can post Sri Lankan classified ads relating to motor cars, marriage proposals, real estate, friends and personal.
  • advertising: Reduced expenditure on newspaper-based advertising, particularly classified advertising, will result from advertising on the Internet.
  • pixel: W.S. Chou, Classifying image pixels into shaped, smooth, and textured points, Pattern Recognition, vol.
  • object: It's not really very important how we classify the various objects out there.

Preposition: as

  • overweight: The average BMI was 26, and 61 % were classified as overweight.
  • waste: Waste sent to local tips will be classified as controlled waste and must be handled properly.
  • suicide: There were 560 deaths classified as suicide ( " intentional self-harm " ) in 2003, 76 fewer than in 2002.
  • species: Don't you all often feel too damn smart to be classified as the same species with other humans?
  • planet: The official arbiter of such questions is the IAU and they have decided that Pluto should be classified as a planet.

Preposition: into

  • category: The sample material has been classified into five categories.

Modifying Another Word

  • broadly: Issues in security in the area of grid computing can be broadly classified into System level, architectural, and interoperability issues.
  • provisionally: This species is provisionally classified as Endangered in Great Britain.
  • correctly: The Aberdeen bull is correctly classified with other farm animals of his own size.
  • incorrectly: Students who believe that they have been classified incorrectly must query the decision immediately.

Present participle complement

  • accord: They were classified according to whether they were sent from genetic services within or outside the old Trent region.

Preposition: in

  • accordance: Initially PGR supervision and training was classified in accordance with the sponsor of the project on which the PGR students were working.
  • category: Both divisions used to record over 85 % as residential, but last year only 28 % were classified in this category.

Preposition: under

  • heading: Milling machines can be classified under three main headings: .