classify
/klˈæsʌfˌaɪ/verb3 syllables
Classify means: arrange or order by classes or categories.
Synonyms for classify6
Opposites of classify
declassify
What does classify mean?3
verb
1
arrange or order by classes or categories“How would you classify these pottery shards — are they prehistoric?”
2
assign to a class or kind“How should algae be classified?”
3
declare unavailable, as for security reasons“Classify these documents”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Classify in a sentence
- In woodworking, we classify wood as hardwood, softwood or exotic wood.fcbond
- Let's classify the names of the students alphabetically.unknown
- One can classify books into good ones and bad ones.mervert1
- Proponents of a newer study classify the golden-bellied mangabey as a distinct subspecies.papabear
- We should classify them before throwing them out.FeuDRenais2
- Please classify these books by subject.CM
- I classify his music as rock.unknown
- The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.carlosalberto
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Forms of classify
as a verb
- past tense
- classified
- present participle
- classifying
- third-person singular
- classifies