classifying

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
classifying/ˈklasɪfʌɪɪŋ/

▶adjective Grammar (of an adjective) describing the class that a head noun belongs to and not having a comparative or superlative.

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’.