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How to pronounce classify in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms assort, class, separate, sort, sort out
Type of categorise, categorize
Has types unitize, catalog, catalogue, size, stamp, stereotype, unitise, count, dichotomise, dichotomize, grade, group, isolate, number, pigeonhole, reclassify, refer
Derivation class, classification, classificatory, classifier


How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?.
Type Words
Synonyms relegate
Type of attribute, assign
Derivation class, classification, classificatory, classifier
Type Words
Type of control, restrict
Derivation classification

Examples of classify

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Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete.
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He has also developed a method to automatically classify atherosclerotic plaque.
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All of these changes would make it easier for officials to classify responsibly.
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As a senator Hatfield took positions that made him hard to classify politically.
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This category attempts to classify wines by style, which is difficult to define.
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Another way to classify composite numbers is by counting the number of divisors.
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Some sites also allow users to classify images using tags to build a folksonomy.
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It's hard to know how to classify this observation in the taxonomy of obscenity.
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Chinese officials have wide authority to classify information as state secrets.
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More examples
  • Arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
  • Declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents"
  • Relegate: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
  • (classification) categorization: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
  • (classification) restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
  • (classified) arranged into classes
  • (Classification (biology)) Biological classification, or scientific classification in biology, is a method by which biologists group and categorize organisms by biological type, such as genus or species. ...
  • (Classification (Bordeaux)) For the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordeaux wines which were to be on display for visitors from around the world. ...
  • (Classification (literature)) Classification is a figure of speech linking a proper noun to a common noun using the or other articles.