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[ verb ] arrange or order by classes or categories
Examples "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" Used in print ("Sports"...)Neither Mantle nor Maris need fear being classified an intellectual , but lately Mantle has shown unusual devotion to an intellectual opus , Henry_Miller 's `` Tropic_of_Cancer '' . (The Detroit News,...)Mr._Rayburn was not an easy man to classify or to label . (The American-German Review,...)Since attack serves to stimulate interest in broadcasts , I added to my opening statement a sentence in_which I claimed that German youth seemed to lack the enthusiasm which is a necessary ingredient of anger , and might be classified as uninterested and bored rather_than angry . (Frank Murphy, "New Southern Fiction: Urban or Ag...)William_Styron , while facing the changing economy with a certain uneasy reluctance , insists he is not to be classified as a Southern writer and yet includes traditional Southern concepts in everything he publishes . |
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[ verb ] assign to a class or kind
Synonyms Examples "How should algae be classified?" "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" Related terms assign categorization classification class classifier classification class relegation |
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[ verb ] declare unavailable, as for security reasons
Examples "Classify these documents" Related terms |
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