classify
verbUK /ˈklæs.ɪ.faɪ/ · US /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/
Etymology From French classifier. By surface analysis, class + -ify.
1
to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
- Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?
2
to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
- They decided to classify that information.
3
To make classy
- Synonyms
- brand, cast, class, categorize, classify, compartmentalise, distribute, divide, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, label, measure, overclassify, peg, pigeonhole, sort, subdivide, winnow
- Antonyms
- declassify
- Derived terms
- autoclassify, classifiable, disclassify, interclassify, misclassify, overclassify, preclassify, reclassify, subclassify, transclassify, unclassify, underclassify
- Related terms
- class, classification, arrange, distribute, rank, alphabetize, guess, index
- Hypernyms
- identify
- Hyponyms
- appraise