English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] French classifier .
Pronunciation
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Verb
classify (third-person singular simple present classif , present participle ies , simple past and past participle classified )
to identify by or divide into classes ; to categorize
to declare something a secret , especially a government secret
They decided to classify that information.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
identify or divide into classes
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Bulgarian: класифицирам (bg) ( klasificiram )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分類 / 分类 (zh) ( fēnlèi ) , 分类 (zh) ( fēnlèi ) , 分等 ( fēnděng )
Czech: klasifikovat (cs)
Dutch: rangschikken (nl) , classificeren (nl)
Esperanto: klasifiki
Finnish: luokitella (fi) , jäsentää (fi) , lajitella (fi) , ryhmittää (fi)
French: classifier (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: einordnen (de) , einstufen (de) , unterteilen (de) , klassifizieren (de)
Ido: klasigar (io)
Indonesian: mengelaskan (id) , mengklasifikasi (id) , mengklasifikasikan (id) , mengelompokkan (id)
Irish: rangaigh
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
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Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Latin: discribō
Malay: mengelaskan , mengklasifikasikan
Maori: whakarōpū , kōmaka
Mongolian: ангилах (mn) ( angilax )
Polish: klasyfikować (pl)
Portuguese: classificar (pt)
Romanian: clasifica (ro)
Russian: классифици́ровать (ru) impf or pf ( klassificírovatʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: razvrstati (sh) , klasificirati (sh)
Spanish: clasificar (es) , encasillar (es)
Swedish: klassificera (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
See also
Further reading
“classify ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“classify ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .