- To arrange or organize according to class or category.
- To designate (a document, for example) as confidential, secret, or top secret.
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clas·si·fy (klăs'ə-fī') ![]() |
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verb
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A botanist will classify plants by their flowers and leaves.
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The verb has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
arrange or order by classes or categories
Synonyms: class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
Meaning #2:
declare unavailable, as for security reasons
Antonym: declassify (meaning #1)
Meaning #3:
assign to a class or kind
Synonym: relegate
| Translations: Classify |
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - inddele, klassificere
Nederlands (Dutch)
classificeren, geheim verklaren
Français (French)
v. tr. - classer, classifier, classer confidentiel
Deutsch (German)
v. - einordnen, klassifizieren, für geheim erklären
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ταξινομώ, κατατάσσω ή υπάγω (σε κατηγορίες ή ομάδες)
Italiano (Italian)
classificare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - classificar
Русский (Russian)
классифицировать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - clasificar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klassificera, rubricera, systematisera, hemligstämpla
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
分类, 分等, 归类
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 分類, 分等, 歸類
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 분류하다, 등급을 매기다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 分類する, 分級する, 機密扱いにする, 格付けする
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) صنف, نظم, بوب, فرق
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - סיווג כסודי, סיווג אינפורמציה, מיין, סיווג
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