classify

clas·si·fy

C0390900 (klăs′ə-fī′)tr.v. clas·si·fied, clas·si·fy·ing, clas·si·fies 1. To arrange or organize according to class or category.2. To designate (a document, for example) as confidential, secret, or top secret.

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clas′si·fi′a·ble adj.

classify

(ˈklæsɪˌfaɪ) vb (tr) , -fies, -fying or -fied1. to arrange or order by classes; categorize2. (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

clas•si•fy

(ˈklæs əˌfaɪ)

v.t. -fied, -fy•ing. 1. to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class. 2. to limit the availability of (information, a document, etc.) to authorized persons. [1790–1800; compare French classifier] clas′si•fi`a•ble, adj.

classify

Past participle: classified
Gerund: classifying

Imperative
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Present
I classify
you classify
he/she/it classifies
we classify
you classify
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Preterite
I classified
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we classified
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Present Continuous
I am classifying
you are classifying
he/she/it is classifying
we are classifying
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Present Perfect
I have classified
you have classified
he/she/it has classified
we have classified
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Past Continuous
I was classifying
you were classifying
he/she/it was classifying
we were classifying
you were classifying
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Past Perfect
I had classified
you had classified
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we had classified
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Future
I will classify
you will classify
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we will classify
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Future Perfect
I will have classified
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he/she/it will have classified
we will have classified
you will have classified
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Future Continuous
I will be classifying
you will be classifying
he/she/it will be classifying
we will be classifying
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been classifying
you have been classifying
he/she/it has been classifying
we have been classifying
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been classifying
you will have been classifying
he/she/it will have been classifying
we will have been classifying
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been classifying
you had been classifying
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we had been classifying
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Conditional
I would classify
you would classify
he/she/it would classify
we would classify
you would classify
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Past Conditional
I would have classified
you would have classified
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we would have classified
you would have classified
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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	classify - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"class, sort out, assort, sort, separateunitise, unitize - separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency"catalogue, catalog - make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives"isolate - separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to themrefer - think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species"size - sort according to sizedichotomise, dichotomize - divide into two opposing groups or kindsstereotype, pigeonhole, stamp - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"categorise, categorize - place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize"grade - determine the grade of or assign a grade tonumber, count - put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
	2.	classify - declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents"restrict - place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"declassify - lift the restriction on and make available again; "reclassify the documents"
	3.	classify - assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"relegateattribute, assign - decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

classify

verb categorize, sort, file, rank, arrange, grade, catalogue, codify, pigeonhole, tabulate, systematize Rocks can be classified according to their mode of origin.

classify

verb1. To distribute into groups according to kinds:assort, categorize, class, group, pigeonhole, separate, sort (out).2. To assign to a class or classes:categorize, class, distribute, grade, group, pigeonhole, place, range, rank, rate.

Translations

把...分类

classify

(ˈklӕsifai) verb to put into, or be in, a particular class or group. How are the books in the library classified? 把...分類 把...分类ˌclassifiˈcation (-fi-) noun 分類 分类classified adjective officially secret. classified information. 官方機密的 机密的ˌclassified ˈad noun (American want ad) a small advertisement that people put in a newspaper when they want to buy or sell something, offer or find a job etc. 分類廣告 分类广告