classify
verb (used with object)
to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
was classifying
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past progressiveof classify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In December, the World Health Organization announced that it was classifying JN.1 as a separate variant of interest.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2024
Therefore, the only mistake that the calculator made was classifying 3 still-married couples as “probably divorced.”
From Scientific American ● May 10, 2013
Last year, he took credit for the elimination of a regulation that was classifying dairy spills as disasters akin to—and as expensive in court as—oil spills.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2013
This could be interpreted as clear evidence that the system was classifying on the basis of bigram frequencies, so it found the words with intermediate bigram frequencies confusing.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2012
It occurred to Evans that Harris was classifying the men by their views, and when the argument lagged the lean man grinned and gave it fresh impetus.
From The Settling of the Sage by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts
