classify
verb (used with object)
to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
were 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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The chief inspector of probation, Dame Glenys Stacey, said that probation staff in the south-west were classifying offenders as low-risk just to meet government targets, grossly misclassifying the risk they posed to society.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2019
