classify

English

Etymology

From French classifier.

Verb

classify (third-person singular simple present classifies, present participle classifying, simple past and past participle classified)

1. To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

   Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?

2. To declare something a secret, especially a government secret

   They decided to classify that information.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:classify

Antonyms

• (to declare a secret): declassify

Related terms

• class
• classification

Translations

to identify or divide into classes

• Czech: klasifikovat (cs)
• Dutch: rangschikken (nl), classificeren (nl)
• Esperanto: klasifiki (eo)
• Finnish: luokitella (fi), jäsentää (fi), lajitella (fi), ryhmittää (fi)
• French: classifier (fr)
• German: einordenen (de), einstufen (de), unterteilen (de), klassifizieren (de)

• Irish: rangaigh (ga)
• Polish: klasyfikować (pl)
• Russian: классифицировать (ru) (klassificírovatʹ) impf., pf.
• Spanish: clasificar (es), encasillar (es)
• Swedish: klassificera (sv)

to declare secret

• Finnish: luokitella (fi) salaiseksi (fi)
• Russian: засекречивать (ru) (zasekréčivatʹ) impf., засекретить (ru) (zasekrétitʹ) pf.

• Spanish: clasificar (es)

See also

• arrange
• distribute
• rank

External links

• classify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• classify in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911