classifies
- present tense form of classify (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The European Chemicals Agency classifies the chemical as harmful to aquatic life.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently classifies the U.S. influenza season, which usually runs from October to May, as “moderate severity.”
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
It classifies any collateral damage as an attack.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
For some owners, the reckoning comes gradually—an animal that no longer fits through a dog door, a fence that needs reinforcing, a zoning notice from a town that classifies pigs as livestock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
He learns the endless terms, the vocabulary that classifies the details of ancient buildings, writing them on separate index cards and making illustrations on the back: architrave, entablature, tympanum, voussoir.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
