classify

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.

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.

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

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

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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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