classify
- to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- to assign a classification to (information, a document, etc.).Compare classification(def 5).
- to limit the availability of (information, a document, etc.) to authorized persons.
Origin of classify
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organize, divide, distribute, label, segregate, allocate, analyze, arrange, incorporate, alphabetize, grade, number, rank, rate, regiment, collocate, file, tabulate, size, indexExamples from the Web for classify
Contemporary Examples of classify
While some may classify that inactivity as laziness or indifference, Brown suggests the contrary.
The end goal is to classify what happens when the memory goes awry.
DARPA’s $40 Million Plan to Save Soldiers’ BrainsDr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Michael Zhang
July 15, 2014
There is a debate among experts about how to classify and define the effects of a lithium-ion battery meltdown.
The bill has even grants no longer existent agencies the power to classify secrets.
Japan’s new Secrets Bill Threatens To Muzzle The Press and WhistleblowersJake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky
November 29, 2013
In short, the Greens are asking the court to classify for-profit corporations as having religious consciences.
Historical Examples of classify
She was moved by some emotion, but he was unable, for the moment, to classify it.
The AvengerE. Phillips Oppenheim
"Oh, if you like, I will classify all our acquaintances for you," replied Claude.
The Fat and the ThinEmile Zola
Then he went back to the press to classify this new document in it.
Doctor PascalEmile Zola
How, while mankind were disputing about universals, could they classify phenomena?
ParmenidesPlato
It remains to combine and classify the materials thus verified.
Introduction to the Study of HistoryCharles V. Langlois
classify
- to arrange or order by classes; categorize
- government to declare (information, documents, etc) of possible aid to an enemy and therefore not available to people outside a restricted group
Word Origin for classify
Word Origin and History for classify
1782, from French classifier, from classe (see class (n.)) + -fier (see -fy). Related: Classified; classifying.