classify
verb[T]
uk/ˈklæs.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈklæs.ə.faɪ/C1
todividethings orpeopleintogroupsaccordingtotheirtype, or to say whichgrouportypesomething or someonebelongsto:
Thebooksin thelibraryare classifiedby/accordingtosubject.图书馆的书是按照学科分类的。
Biologists classifyanimalsandplantsintodifferentgroups.生物学家把动物和植物归入不同的群体。
childrenwho are classifiedasoverweight
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toofficiallystatethatinformationissecret:
The Ministry of Defencemovedquicklyto classify thedocuments.
He has theauthorityto classifyinformationasTopSecret.
- This is a hardbookto classify.
- Fingerprints were first classified in 1823 by a Czech anatomist,JanEvangelista Purkinje.
- Under theoldrules, heremployercould not classify her as amanager.
- Even though it's classified as acompactcamera, itweighsapoundand ahalf.
- Herecognisesthat thegovernmentclassifies too muchinformation.
Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- anti-hierarchical
- arrange
- arrangement
- arranger
- array
- bracket
- lay
- misclassify
- miscode
- mislabel
- misorder
- multisystem
- nest
- setsomethingup
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- short-list
- shortlist
- sort
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