classify
verb (used with object)
to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
have been classifying
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present perfect progressiveof classify.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Since Jan. 18, 1941 classification departments throughout the Army have been or should have been classifying newspapermen as "Public Relations" men under Specification Serial No. 274.
From Time Magazine Archive
The proper bureaus have been classifying these resources to the end that they may be conserved.
From State of the Union Address by Calvin Coolidge
All day long I have been classifying MSS….
From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France
