classify
verb (used with object)
to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
have classified
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present perfectof classify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Ship insurers have classified the strait as a high-risk area and hiked premiums.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
For years, scientists have classified these noises into roughly two dozen distinct phrases, or codas, making the communications seem about as complicated as two novice trumpeters trading notes.
From Science Magazine ● May 7, 2024
It’s a simple, but potent antidote for what many researchers have classified as a global loneliness epidemic, and the ways in which isolation can harm both individual and public health.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2024
They have classified 0.1% of letter changes, or mutations, as either benign or disease causing.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2023
Many writers have classified the crimes that the boy commits.
From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Clarence Darrow
