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Another word for classify

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Verb

  1. To distribute into groups according to kinds

      1. A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind.
      2. Character or nature:
      3. One that exemplifies the characteristics of or serves a similar function to another:
      1. To set, force, or keep apart:
      2. To put space between; space apart or scatter:
      3. To form a border or barrier between (two areas or groups):
      1. A small compartment or recess, as in a desk, for holding papers; a cubbyhole.
      2. A specific, often oversimplified category.
      3. The small hole or holes in a pigeon loft for nesting.
      1. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
      2. A set of two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture.
      3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
      1. A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category.
      2. A grade of mail:
      3. A quality of accommodation on public transport:
      1. To put into a category or categories; classify.
      1. To separate into groups according to kind; classify.
      2. To supply with (an appropriate variety or assortment, as of goods).
      3. To agree in kind; fall into the same class.
    See also:

    collect

  2. To assign to a class or classes

      1. A quantity measured with respect to another measured quantity:
      2. A measure of a part with respect to a whole; a proportion:
      3. The cost per unit of a commodity or service:
      1. A relative position in a society.
      2. An official position or grade:
      3. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
      1. A number or grouping of things in the same category or within specified limits:
      2. An amount or extent of variation:
      3. The gamut of tones that a voice or instrument is capable of producing.
      1. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.
      2. Room or space, especially adequate space:
      3. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.
      1. A small compartment or recess, as in a desk, for holding papers; a cubbyhole.
      2. A specific, often oversimplified category.
      3. The small hole or holes in a pigeon loft for nesting.
      1. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
      2. A set of two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture.
      3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
      1. A stage or degree in a process.
      2. A position in a scale of size, quality, or intensity:
      3. An accepted level or standard.
      1. To divide and dispense in portions.
      2. To supply (goods) to retailers.
      3. To deliver or pass out:
      1. A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category.
      2. A grade of mail:
      3. A quality of accommodation on public transport:
      1. To put into a category or categories; classify.
    See also:

    value

    group

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Another word for classify

Verb
      1. The physical dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or extent of an object.
      2. Any of a series of graduated categories of dimension whereby manufactured articles, such as shoes and clothing, are classified.
      3. Considerable extent, amount, or dimensions:
      1. One that is exactly like another or a counterpart to another:
      2. One that is like another in one or more specified qualities:
      3. One that is able to compete equally with another:
      1. A stage or degree in a process.
      2. A position in a scale of size, quality, or intensity:
      3. An accepted level or standard.
      1. An alphabetized list of names, places, and subjects treated in a printed work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned.
      2. A thumb index.
      3. A table, file, or catalog.
      1. Alternative form of breakdown.
      2. (intransitive) to fail, to cease to function
      3. (ergative, figuratively) to render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally
      1. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class:
      2. A person or thing having the features of a group or class:
      3. An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment:
      1. A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label:
      2. The plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace.
      3. The contrastingly colored tip of an animal's tail.
      1. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
      2. A set of two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture.
      3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
      1. A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others.
      2. A word or group of words used to describe or evaluate, often disparagingly:
      3. Representation or repute, as opposed to reality:
      1. A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel.
      2. A large group of people.
      3. To form (troops) into a regiment or regiments.
      1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.
      2. To make a chemical analysis of.
      3. To make a mathematical analysis of.
      1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion:
      2. To assign as a portion; allocate:
      1. To convert (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, as by chemical and muscular action in the digestive tract.
      2. To think over so as to understand; absorb or assimilate:
      3. To organize into a systematic arrangement, usually by summarizing or classifying.
      1. A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product, service, or organization.
      2. A product or service so identified:
      3. An association of positive qualities with a widely recognized name, as of a product line or celebrity:
      1. To perceive as being different or distinct:
      2. To perceive distinctly; discern:
      3. To demonstrate or describe as being different or distinct:
      1. To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group.
      2. To cause (people or institutions, for example) to be separated on the basis of race, sex, religion, or another factor.
      3. To become separated or distinguished:
      1. A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.
      2. A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display:
      3. A list or enumeration:
      1. A relative position in a society.
      2. An official position or grade:
      3. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
      1. To select for a duty or office; appoint:
      2. To set apart for a particular purpose or place in a particular category; designate:
      3. To give out as a task; allot:
      1. To put into a willing or receptive frame of mind; incline:
      2. To place or set in a particular order; arrange:
      3. To determine the course of events:
      1. A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category.
      2. A grade of mail:
      3. A quality of accommodation on public transport:
      1. A paper slip or card indicating that its holder has paid for or is entitled to a specified service, right, or consideration:
      2. An e-ticket.
      3. A certifying document, especially a captain's or pilot's license.
      1. A quantity measured with respect to another measured quantity:
      2. A measure of a part with respect to a whole; a proportion:
      3. The cost per unit of a commodity or service:
      1. A member of the set of positive integers; one of a series of symbols of unique meaning in a fixed order that can be derived by counting.
      2. A member of any of the following sets of mathematical objects: integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers. These sets can be derived from the positive integers through various algebraic and analytic constructions.
      3. Arithmetic.
      1. To set apart for a special purpose; designate:
      2. To distribute according to a plan; allot:
      1. A calendar of the cases awaiting action in a court.
      2. A brief entry of the court proceedings in a legal case.
      3. The book containing such entries.
      1. To separate into parts, sections, groups, or branches:
      2. To form a border or barrier between:
      3. To sector into units of measurement; graduate:
      1. To form, arrange, or deposit in layers.
      2. To preserve (seeds) by placing them between layers of moist sand or similar material.
      3. To arrange or separate into castes, classes, or social levels.
      1. A number or grouping of things in the same category or within specified limits:
      2. An amount or extent of variation:
      3. The gamut of tones that a voice or instrument is capable of producing.
      1. A container, such as a cabinet or folder, for keeping papers in order.
      2. A collection of papers or published materials kept or arranged in convenient order.
      3. A collection of data or program records stored as a unit with a single name.
      1. To arrange in alphabetical order.
      2. To supply with an alphabet.
      1. An item used to identify something or someone, as a small piece of paper or cloth attached to an article to designate its origin, owner, contents, use, or destination.
      2. A descriptive term; an epithet.
      3. A distinctive name or trademark identifying a product or manufacturer, especially a recording company.
      1. To place together or in proper order; arrange side by side.
      2. To occur in a collocation. Used of words:
      1. To organize or arrange systematically, especially in writing:
      2. To establish or express in a conventional form or standard formulation:
      3. To turn (a common law requirement or practice) into law.
      1. To unite (one thing) with something else already in existence:
      2. To admit as a member to a corporation or similar organization.
      3. To cause to merge or combine together into a united whole.
      1. To establish or demonstrate as having a correlation:
      2. To be related by a correlation.
      3. Related by a correlation, especially having corresponding characteristics.
      1. Any of a set of two or more numbers used to determine the position of a point, line, curve, or plane in a space of a given dimension with respect to a system of lines or other fixed references.
      2. Directions:
      3. A set of articles, as of clothing or luggage, designed to match or complement one other, as in style or color.
      1. A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind.
      2. Character or nature:
      3. One that exemplifies the characteristics of or serves a similar function to another:
      1. To separate into groups according to kind; classify.
      2. To supply with (an appropriate variety or assortment, as of goods).
      3. To agree in kind; fall into the same class.
      1. To put into a system; arrange according to a plan or scheme:
      1. To put into a category or categories; classify.
      1. To divide and dispense in portions.
      2. To supply (goods) to retailers.
      3. To deliver or pass out:
      1. To put in order; arrange in an orderly way:
      2. To cause to have an orderly, functional, or coherent structure:
      3. To cause (oneself) to act or live in an orderly or planned way:
      1. To arrange in tabular form; condense and list.
      2. To cut or form with a plane surface.
      3. Having a plane surface.
      1. A small compartment or recess, as in a desk, for holding papers; a cubbyhole.
      2. A specific, often oversimplified category.
      3. The small hole or holes in a pigeon loft for nesting.
      1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
      2. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved:
      3. Condition or state in general:
      1. To put into a specific order or relation; dispose:
      2. To plan or prepare for:
      3. To bring about or come to an agreement concerning; settle:
    See also:

    list

    file

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • The natives are officially described as Bosniaks, but classify themselves according to religion.

  • This has led certain geologists to classify the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian into one grand system; E.

  • However this may be, the ogam alphabet shows some knowledge of phonetics and some attempt to classify the sounds accordingly.

  • The almost total absence from Homer not only of "Dorians " but of " Ionians " and even of " Hellenes "leads to the conclusion that the diagrammatic genealogy of the " sons of Hellen " is of post-Homeric date; and that it originated as an attempt to classify the Doric, Ionic and Aeolic groups of Hellenic settlements on the west coast of Asia Minor, for here alone do the three names correspond to territorial, linguistic and political divisions.

  • Various attempts have been made to classify hypotheses and to distinguish "hypothesis" from a "theory" or a mere "conjecture": none of these have any great practical importance, the differences being only in degree, not in kind.

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