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单词 classifications
释义

classify

verb

clas·​si·​fy ˈkla-sə-ˌfī How to pronounce classify (audio)
classified; classifying

transitive verb

1
: to arrange in classes (see class entry 1 sense 3)
classifying books according to subject matter
2
: to consider (someone or something) as belonging to a particular group
The movie is classified as a comedy.
The vehicle is classified as a truck.
classifiable
ˌkla-sə-ˈfī-ə-bəl How to pronounce classify (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

  • assort
  • break down
  • categorize
  • class
  • codify
  • compartment
  • compartmentalize
  • digest
  • distinguish
  • distribute
  • grade
  • group
  • peg
  • place
  • range
  • rank
  • relegate
  • separate
  • sort
  • type
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Example Sentences

Students will be learning about the ways scientists classify animals. The online system can classify books by subject.
Recent Examples on the Web So this was a way to classify specifically white people in these categories of underweight, normal, overweight, obese. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022 Voice is often the first cue that a stranger may use to classify someone by gender. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022 Their proposal focused using convolutional networks to classify schizophrenia, connecting Bhardwaj’s computer science interest with Ismail’s neuroscience interest. Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022 There’s wide opposition to the proposal to classify gas, as well as nuclear power, as green energy. New York Times, 5 July 2022 The Louvre, the country’s national museum and art gallery, wants to purchase the piece for its collection and classify it a national treasure—effectively placing a freeze on the painting’s transfer to the U.S. under French law. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022 The rapid spread of the disease has prompted the World Health Organization to classify it as a global health emergency. Mike Swinford, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2022 However, executive director Jason Stahl said the CFPA doesn’t classify itself as a union. Ryan Mcfadden, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2022 On July 6, the European Parliament, one of the most liberal legislatures on the planet, voted to classify certain nuclear and natural-gas projects as environmentally sustainable. Victoria Coates, WSJ, 8 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see class entry 1

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

classify

verb

clas·​si·​fy ˈkla-sə-ˌfī How to pronounce classify (audio)
classified; classifying
: to arrange in groups based on similarities
Our librarians classify books by subject.

Medical Definition

classify

transitive verb

clas·​si·​fy ˈklas-ə-ˌfī How to pronounce classify (audio)
classified; classifying
: to arrange in classes that have systematic relations usually founded on common properties
how would you classify these animals

classifications

noun

plural of classification
as in categories
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic dinosaur remains that do not fit any existing classification

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • categories
  • types
  • kinds
  • groups
  • tiers
  • classes
  • ranks
  • species
  • varieties
  • genera
  • sorts
  • sections
  • brackets
  • genuses
  • families
  • divisions
  • grades
  • leagues
  • sets
  • breeds
  • generations
  • descriptions
  • rubrics
  • subgroups
  • subdivisions
  • orders
  • subclasses
  • specialties
  • manners
  • races
  • labels
  • headings
  • branches
  • specialities
  • feathers
  • kidneys
  • natures
  • likes
  • titles
  • subspecieses
  • ilks
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