| Meaning | Arrange or order by classes or categories / categories. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | classify, class, 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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| Nouns | sort | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic / characteristic or quality |
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| sort, sorting | an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion |
| sorter | a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes |
| sorter | a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office) |
| sorting | grouping by class or kind or size |
