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subclassify

American

[suhb-klas-uh-fahy] / sʌbˈklæs əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

subclassified, subclassifying

to arrange in subclasses.

Other Word Forms

subclassification

noun

Etymology

Origin of subclassify

First recorded in 1905–10; sub- + classify

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subclassify subclassified

The reigning discipline in biology was taxonomy, an elaborate attempt to classify and subclassify all living things into distinct categories: Kingdoms, Phylae, Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, and Species.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Further data obtained by the BBC showed that in January the department was holding 4.5 million gowns supplied by Chemical Intelligence that had been "subclassified as not fit for use".

From BBC ● May 26, 2023

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