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    clas·si·fi·ca·tion
    /ˌklasəfəˈkāSHən/

    noun

    • 1. the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics: "the classification of disease according to symptoms" Similar categorizationcategorizingclassifyingclassing

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  2. The meaning of CLASSIFICATION is the act or process of classifying. How to use classification in a sentence.

  3. CLASSIFICATION definition: 1. the act or process of dividing things into groups according to their type: 2. a group that…. Learn more.

  4. Classification is usually understood to mean the allocation of objects to certain pre-existing classes or categories. This distinguishes it from the earlier step in which the classes themselves are established, often through clustering in which similar objects are grouped together. [1]

  5. the placing of animals and plants in a series of increasingly specialized groups because of similarities in structure, origin, molecular composition, etc, that indicate a common relationship. The major groups are domain or superkingdom, kingdom, phylum (in animals) or division (in plants), class, order, family, genus, and species.

  6. A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.

  7. CLASSIFICATION meaning: 1 : the act or process of putting people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike; 2 : an arrangement of people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike.

  8. Classification is the process of putting something into a category. Classification of all your clothes by color may make it easier for you to put together an outfit, especially if you favor a monochrome look.

  9. Definition of classification noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. 1. the act of classifying. 2. the result of classifying or being classified. 3. one of the classes into which things are classified.

  11. Classification definition: A classifying or being classified; arrangement according to some systematic division into classes or groups.