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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. Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya:

    I want to de-classify methamphetamine but Thailand is not ready yet.

  2. James Learmont:

    They've finished with us and they've gone straight into the fight in Ramadi, they will finish here and they'll go into the frontlines. One could classify that as on-the-job training.

  3. Smiley Martin:

    That firearm was modified from its original condition with a component that made it capable of firing automatic gunfire and would classify it as a machine gun by California law.

  4. Amesh Adalja:

    I don't think we have enough information at this point to completely classify it. I think there's some suggestions, but there's more study that needs to be done, there are other infections -- for example, syphilis -- that spread through other ways other than sexual transmission.

  5. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer:

    He’s definitely a starter. You do n’t classify a player of that quality as anything else, we have plenty of starters. More than 11 and that’s the thing when you’re at Manchester United.


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