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classify

 
(klăs'ə-fī') pronunciation
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.
  1. To arrange or organize according to class or category.
  2. To designate (a document, for example) as confidential, secret, or top secret.
classifiable clas'si·fi'a·ble adj.

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verb

  1. To distribute into groups according to kinds: assort, categorize, class, group, pigeonhole, separate, sort (out). See collect/distribute.
  2. To assign to a class or classes: categorize, class, distribute, grade, group, pigeonhole, place, range, rank, rate. See group, value/worthlessness/evaluation.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To arrange by putting into groups according to some system.

pronunciation A botanist will classify plants by their flowers and leaves.

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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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