WordReference.com English Dictionary

Look up:  

See Also:
class struggle
classic
classic race
classical
classicism
classicist
classicize
Classico
classification
classified
classify
classifying
classism
classless
classmate
classroom
classy
clast
clastic
clathrate
clatter
 
Links:
Recent searches:
  • View All

Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!


classify:
in Spanish | in French | in Italian
English synonyms| in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
classify/ˈklasɪfʌɪ/
▶verb (classifies, classifying, classified)
  • 1 arrange (a group) in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics.

    ■ assign to a particular class or category.

  • 2 designate (documents or information) as officially secret.
– derivatives
classifiable adjective,
classifier noun.
– origin C18: back-form. from classification, from Fr., from classe ‘class’, from L. classis ‘division’.



'classify' also found in these Oxford entries:
Forum discussions with the word(s) "classify" in the title:
"categorize" and "classify"
classify + preposition
divide and classify
enormously peptide classify website?
He began to observe the plants and classify them
How to classify verbs
Meaning of the word "classify"
to classify as EITHER/OR

Look up "classify" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "classify" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic



Let Google and FB know that you like WR!


Android Market iPhone app store


Report an inappropriate ad.

Copyright © 2012 WordReference.com
Please report any problems.