'Classify' definitions:
Definition of 'classify'
From: WordNet
verb
Arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate]
verb
Declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents" [ant: declassify]
verb
Assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn: relegate, classify]
Definition of 'Classify'
From: GCIDE
- Classify \Clas"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Classified; p. pr. & vb. n. Classifying.] [L. classis class + -fy.] To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.
- Syn: To arrange; distribute; rank. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'classify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alphabetize,
- analyze,
- appraise,
- arrange,
- assess,
- assort,
- bolt,
- bosom,
- break down,
- catalog,
- categorize,
- class,
- codify,
- collate,
- conceal,
- digest,
- divide,
- evaluate,
- factor,
- file,
- file and forget,
- gauge,
- gradate,
- grade,
- group,
- hold out on,
- identify,
- in petto,
- index,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep between us,
- keep buttoned up,
- keep close,
- keep dark,
- keep from,
- keep in ignorance,
- keep mum,
- keep secret,
- keep snug,
- keep under wraps,
- list,
- make no sign,
- never let on,
- not give away,
- not tell,
- order,
- pigeonhole,
- place,
- play dumb,
- range,
- rank,
- rate,
- riddle,
- screen,
- secrete,
- separate,
- sieve,
- sift,
- size,
- sort,
- sort out,
- subdivide,
- subordinate,
- tabulate,
- thrash out,
- type,
- veil,
- weigh,
- winnow,
- withhold