English verb: classify | |||
1. | classify (cognition) arrange or order by classes or categories | ||
Samples | How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?. | ||
Synonyms | assort, class, separate, sort, sort out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | categorise, categorize | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | catalog, catalogue, count, dichotomise, dichotomize, grade, group, isolate, number, pigeonhole, reclassify, refer, size, stamp, stereotype, unitise, unitize | ||
Entail | compare | ||
2. | classify (social) declare unavailable, as for security reasons | ||
Samples | Classify these documents. | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue classify the movie | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | restrict | ||
Antonyms | declassify | ||
3. | classify (cognition) assign to a class or kind | ||
Samples | How should algae be classified?. People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms. | ||
Synonyms | relegate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assign, attribute | ||