classify
Americanverb (used with object)
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to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- Synonyms:
- group, categorize, rate, rank, class
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to assign a classification to (information, a document, etc.).
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to limit the availability of (information, a document, etc.) to authorized persons.
verb
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to arrange or order by classes; categorize
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government to declare (information, documents, etc) of possible aid to an enemy and therefore not available to people outside a restricted group
Other Word Forms
- classifiable adjective
- classifier noun
- misclassify verb (used with object)
- nonclassifiable adjective
- overclassify verb (used with object)
- preclassify verb (used with object)
- unclassifiable adjective
- unclassifiableness noun
- unclassifiably adverb
- unclassifying adjective
Etymology
Origin of classify
First recorded in 1790–1800; from Latin classi(s) class + -fy
Example Sentences
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That anonymity, he said, could allow Polymarket users to trade on classified information or have more than one account, buying and selling between them to artificially boost trading volume.
Capgemini Chief Executive Aiman Ezzat last week said that he only found out about the contract recently from public sources; the U.S. division, he said, operates autonomously because of U.S. requirements to protect classified information.
The law was first passed in 2019, when the United States classified the Guards as a terrorist organisation.
From Barron's
AI has enhanced the process by being able to recognize different types of documents and fonts, and by learning how to classify or categorize the data so it can enter it into a tax return.
From Barron's
Earlier this month, the FBI seized the devices of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson in a pre-dawn raid as part of an investigation into a contractor who has been charged with sharing classified information.
From Los Angeles Times
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