verb (used with object),clas·si·fied,clas·si·fy·ing.
to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
to assign a classification to (information, a document, etc.).Compare classification (def. 5).
to limit the availability of (information, a document, etc.) to authorized persons.
Origin of classify
1790–1800; <Latin classi(s) class + -fy
SYNONYMS FOR classify
1 class, rank, rate, categorize, group.
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OTHER WORDS FROM classify
clas·si·fi·a·ble,adjectivemis·clas·si·fy,verb (used with object),mis·clas·si·fied,mis·clas·si·fy·ing.non·clas·si·fi·a·ble,adjectiveo·ver·clas·si·fy,verb (used with object),o·ver·clas·si·fied,o·ver·clas·si·fy·ing.
pre·clas·si·fy,verb (used with object),pre·clas·si·fied,pre·clas·si·fy·ing.un·clas·si·fi·a·ble,adjectiveun·clas·si·fi·a·ble·ness,nounun·clas·si·fi·a·bly,adverbun·clas·si·fy·ing,adjective
Words nearby classify
classification schedule, classified, classified ad, classified advertising, classifier, classify, class inclusion, class interval, classis, classism, classless
It’s certainly arguable that California’s law requiring Uber and Lyft drivers be classified as employees is a bad law with unintended consequences.
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That ballot measure would exempt app-based drivers from having to comply with AB 5, the state law limiting when employers can classify their workers as independent contractors.
Sacramento Report: San Diego Bills Survive Bad Day for Housing Proposals|Andrew Keatts and Sara Libby|August 21, 2020|Voice of San Diego
For now, we’re classifying it as a living project and welcoming spin-offs.
The Minecraft Institvte of Technology|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
In the next step, you need to classify your user base into specific groups, each of which will be targeted for unique marketing campaigns that cater to its needs.
How to use in-market audiences for better search campaigns|Harikrishna Kundariya|August 18, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Both ride-hailing services threatened to temporarily shut down their operations in California after a judge declined to carve out an exemption for them from AB5, the new state law that would require the companies to classify drivers as employees.
It really looks like Uber and Lyft might suspend operations in California|Michelle Cheng|August 15, 2020|Quartz
While some may classify that inactivity as laziness or indifference, Brown suggests the contrary.
Deepwater Horizon: Life Drowning in Oil|Samuel Fragoso|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The end goal is to classify what happens when the memory goes awry.
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There is a debate among experts about how to classify and define the effects of a lithium-ion battery meltdown.
Flight 370 Was Carrying 440 Pounds of Dangerous Batteries|Clive Irving|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The bill has even grants no longer existent agencies the power to classify secrets.
Japan’s new Secrets Bill Threatens To Muzzle The Press and Whistleblowers|Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In short, the Greens are asking the court to classify for-profit corporations as having religious consciences.
Is Forced Religious Belief Coming to an Employer Near You?|Jamelle Bouie|November 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is impossible to classify logically in any simple scheme all the possible forms of expression.
The Mind and Its Education|George Herbert Betts
To classify it is not particularly easy; and I doubt, myself, whether any classification is necessary.
Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860|George Saintsbury
Get a militia system ready which will classify the whole population, and bring it into the fight as fast as it's needed.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty|J. W. de Forest
He also attempted to classify the stories in a certain number of recurring formula or plots.
Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Andrew Lang
In their minuteness and variety they almost baffle the attempts of naturalists to classify them.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
British Dictionary definitions for classify
classify
/ (ˈklæsɪˌfaɪ) /
verb-fies, -fyingor-fied(tr)
to arrange or order by classes; categorize
governmentto declare (information, documents, etc) of possible aid to an enemy and therefore not available to people outside a restricted group