Dictionary Definition
classify
Verb
1 arrange or order by classes or categories; "How
would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
[syn: class, sort, assort, sort out,
separate]
2 declare unavailable, as for security reasons;
"Classify these documents" [ant: declassify]
3 assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be
classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain
mushrooms" [syn: relegate] [also: classified]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From classifier.Verb
- to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
- to declare something
a secret, especially a
government secret
- They decided to classify that information.''
Related terms
Translations
- Finnish: luokitella (1), jäsentää (1), lajitella (1), ryhmittää (1)
- French: classifier
- German: einordenen, einstufen, unterteilen, klassifizieren
- Russian: классифицировать (1), засекретить (2)
Extensive Definition
Classification may refer to:
- Library classification and classification in general
- Taxonomic classification
- Optimal classification
- Scientific classification of organisms
- Scientific classification (disambiguation)
- Classification (literature)
- Statistical classification
- Security classification
- Classification theorems in mathematics.
- Film classification
- CLASSIPHI, a seabed mapping tool supplied by QinetiQ
- Civil service classification, personnel grades in government
- Attribute-value system
- Ship classification
See also
classify in Afrikaans: Sistematiek
classify in Arabic: تصنيف
classify in Bulgarian: Класификация
classify in Danish: Klassifikation
classify in German: Klassifikation
classify in Estonian: Klassifikatsioon
classify in Spanish: Clasificación
classify in French: Classification
classify in Croatian: Knjižnična
klasifikacija
classify in Hungarian: Osztályozás
classify in Dutch: Classificatie
classify in Japanese: 分類
classify in Norwegian: Klassifikasjon
classify in Polish: Klasyfikacja
classify in Portuguese: Classificação
classify in Russian: Классификация
classify in Simple English: Classification
classify in Swedish: Klassificering
classify in Manx: Klasification
classify in Vietnamese: Phân loại
classify in Ukrainian: Класифікація
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
alphabetize, analyze, appraise, arrange, assess, assort, bolt, bosom, break down, catalog, categorize, class, codify, collate, conceal, digest, divide, evaluate, factor, file, file and forget, gauge, gradate, grade, group, hold out on, identify, in petto, index, keep, keep back, keep between us,
keep buttoned up, keep close, keep dark, keep from, keep in
ignorance, keep mum, keep secret, keep snug, keep under wraps,
list, make no sign, never
let on, not give away, not tell, order, pigeonhole, place, play dumb, range, rank, rate, riddle, screen, secrete, separate, sieve, sift, size, sort, sort out, subdivide, subordinate, tabulate, thrash out, type, veil, weigh, winnow, withhold