verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied(transitive)
to classify something into a subdivision
Derived forms
subclassification (ˌsubclassifiˈcation)
noun
subclassify in American English
(sʌbˈklæsəˌfai)
transitive verbWord forms: -fied, -fying
to arrange in subclasses
Derived forms
subclassification
noun
Word origin
[1905–10; sub- + classify]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Expressionism, cadre, jazz, persona, scroungesub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)