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- Dictionaryclas·si·fy/ˈklasəˌfī/
verb
- 1. arrange (a group of people or things) in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics: "mountain peaks are classified according to their shape"
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The meaning of CLASSIFY is to arrange in classes. How to use classify in a sentence.
to divide things or people into groups according to their type, or to say which group or type something or someone belongs to: The books in the library are classified by subject. Biologists classify animals and plants into different groups. be classified as children who are classified as overweight. Compare. class verb.
Classify definition: to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.. See examples of CLASSIFY used in a sentence.
IPA guide. Other forms: classified; classifying; classifies. Humans seem to have the need to classify things, arranging them into different classes by such unifying traits as size, color, or shape. It’s fine to do this to inanimate objects, but doing it to people can be very wrong.
Definition of classify verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
1. to arrange or order by classes; categorize. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government to declare (information, documents, etc) of possible aid to an enemy and therefore not available to people outside a restricted group. [C18: back formation from classification] ˈclassiˌfiable adj. ˈclassiˌfier n.
