| 单词 | classification |
| 释义 | classification (once / 974 pages) 1n 2n Classification is the process of putting something into a category. Classification of all your clothes by color may make it easier for you to put together an outfit, especially if you favor a monochrome look. Classification involves putting things into a class or group according to particular characteristics so it’s easier to make sense of them, whether you’re organizing your shoes, your stock portfolio, or a group of invertebrates. If you’re an international spy, you might know that classification also can mean a government’s system for keeping secrets. If you have a high level of security classification, then you know really top secret stuff. WORD FAMILYclassification: classifications, reclassification+/class: classed, classes, classify, classing, classless, classy, subclass, superclass, underclass/classifiable: classifiably, unclassifiable/classified: classifieds, unclassified/classifier: classifiers/classify: classifiable, classification, classificatory, classified, classifier, classifies, classifying, declassify, reclassify/classy: classier, classiest, classily/declassify: declassification, declassified, declassifying/reclassification: reclassifications/reclassify: reclassified, reclassifying/subclass: subclasses/underclass: underclasses USAGE EXAMPLESHoang, a mother of three who worked at the salon for nearly a decade, organized 30 workers to sign a petition opposing the new classification. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) In legal parlance, race is a “suspect classification” subject to “strict scrutiny.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) Instead, it just named a player of the year for the entire state and for each classification. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1n the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories Syn|Hypo|Hyper categorisation, categorization, sorting coordination being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree appraisal, assessmentthe classification of someone or something with respect to its worth ascription, attributionassigning to a cause or source ascription, attributionassigning some quality or character to a person or thing cross-classification, cross-divisionclassification according to more than one attribute at the same time subsumptionincorporating something under a more general category critical analysis, critical appraisalan appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation zoomorphismthe attribution of animal forms or qualities to a god animatismthe attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones imputationthe attribution to a source or cause externalisation, externalizationattributing to outside causes evaluation, rating, valuationan appraisal of the value of something assay, checkan appraisal of the state of affairs acid testa rigorous or crucial appraisal reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation, reviewa new appraisal or evaluation underevaluationan appraisal that underestimates the value of something basic cognitive process cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge 2n the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type Syn|Hypo|Hyper assortment, categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization indexing the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve reclassificationclassifying something again (usually in a new category) relegationthe act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category stratificationthe act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata taxonomypractice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships typologyclassification according to general type grouping the activity of putting things together in groups 3n a group of people or things arranged by class or category 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper categorisation, categorization dichotomy, duality being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses trichotomybeing threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses arrangement an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging n restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people Ant|Hyper declassification reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon confinement, restriction the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) |
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