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- DictionaryClas·si·fy/ˈklasəˌfī/
verb
- 1. arrange (a group of people or things) in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics: "mountain peaks are classified according to their shape"
The meaning of CLASSIFY is to arrange in classes. How to use classify in a sentence.
Classify definition: to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.. See examples of CLASSIFY used in a sentence.
CLASSIFY definition: 1. to divide things or people into groups according to their type, or to say which group or type…. Learn more.
The word classify contains the base word class, which means "category" and comes from the Latin classis, which actually referred to an army or group called to arms. It eventually came to mean "a group," and thus classify means "to group."
Definition of classify verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
classify. ( ˈklæsɪˌfaɪ) vb ( tr) , -fies, -fying or -fied. 1. to arrange or order by classes; categorize. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government to declare (information, documents, etc) of possible aid to an enemy and therefore not available to people outside a restricted group.
