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Synonyms for classify
ˈklæs əˌfaɪclas·si·fy

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. classifyverb

    Antonyms:
    declassify

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. classify

    Synonyms:
    arrange, systematize, adjust, rank, class, tabulate, dispose, collocate, assort

    Antonyms:
    derange, confound, disorder, disorganize, intermix

Princeton's WordNet2.4 / 5 votes

  1. classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separateverb

    arrange or order by classes or categories

    "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, associate, single out, split up, shed light on, crystalise, differentiate, sieve, divide, crystalize, fall apart, part, crystallise, carve up, sort, severalize, consort, split, come apart, separate, correct, severalise, dissever, furcate, assort, affiliate, class, illuminate, clear, discriminate, discipline, branch, secern, screen out, elucidate, screen, crystallize, clear up, enlighten, relegate, disunite, straighten out, tell, break, sort out, ramify, fork, break up, secernate

    Antonyms:
    declassify

  2. classifyverb

    declare unavailable, as for security reasons

    "Classify these documents"

    Synonyms:
    assort, relegate, sort, class, separate, sort out

    Antonyms:
    declassify

  3. relegate, classifyverb

    assign to a class or kind

    "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

    Synonyms:
    kick downstairs, bump, assort, pass on, bar, class, banish, demote, separate, sort, sort out, break, relegate, submit

    Antonyms:
    declassify

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. classifyverb

    Synonyms:
    arrange, class, distribute, dispose, form into classes, reduce to order

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How to use classify in a sentence?

  1. Douglas Gentile:

    Even though different researchers across the world may define the problem somewhat differently, or ask different questions in different countries with differently aged kids, we find almost the same results across the world the estimates perhaps vary somewhat, but they all seem to come out somewhere between about 4 and 10 percent : that's the amount of gamers I would classify as addicted.

  2. Nova Scotia:

    I would classify it as a group of individuals that had some beliefs and were willing to carry out violent acts against citizens, but there's nothing in the investigation to classify it as a terrorist attack, i can tell you that it's not culturally based.

  3. Suzan Murray:

    Our team of virologists use the samples collected in the field to determine which viruses are most likely to spill over to humans and classify them according to their risk profile.

  4. Hillary Clinton:

    That's not what I heard Director Comey say … Director Comey said that my answers were truthful and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people, that there were decisions discussed and made to classify retroactively certain of the emails.

  5. Med Jones:

    Unlike many in the investment community, I classify gold and other high volatility assets as speculative investments, so although I would invest in gold, I would keep its share of the portfolio to minimum and would monitor them closely.


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