'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'

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