English > classify: 3 senses > verb 1, cognitionMeaning | Arrange or order by classes or categories / categories. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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Example | "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" |
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Synonyms | class, sort, assort, sort out, separate |
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Entails | compare | Examine and note the similarities or differences of |
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Entailed by | identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name | identify as in botany or biology, for example |
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Narrower | catalogue, catalog | Make an itemized list or catalog of |
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count, number | put into a group |
dichotomize, dichotomise | divide into two opposing groups or kinds |
grade | Determine the grade of or assign a grade to |
group | Arrange into a group or groups |
isolate | separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them |
pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp | treat or classify according to a mental stereotype |
reclassify | classify anew, change the previous classification |
refer | think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle / principle or with a general group or in relation to another |
size | sort according to size |
unitize, unitise | separate or classify into units |
Broader | categorize, categorise | place into or assign to a category / category |
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Spanish | clasificar, ordenar, separar |
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Catalan | classificar, separar |
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Adjectives | classificatory | relating to or involving classification |
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Nouns | class | a collection of things sharing a common attribute |
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class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status |
class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
class | a league ranked by quality |
classification | the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type |
classification | the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories / categories |
classification | a group of people or things arranged by class or category |
classifier | a person who creates classifications |