classify

Verb

Verb Forms: classified, classifying, classifies

• To arrange or assign to categories according to shared qualities.
• arrange or order by classes or categories
  • "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
• declare unavailable, as for security reasons
  • "Classify these documents"
• assign to a class or kind
• to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
• to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
• To make classy

Examples

• Expert players can CLASSIFY words by letter frequency and potential hooks.
• Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?
• They decided to classify that information.

Synonyms

assort, class, relegate, separate, sort, sort out, brand, cast, categorize, classify, compartmentalise, distribute, divide, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, label, measure, overclassify, peg, pigeonhole, subdivide, winnow

Antonyms

declassify

Related Words

alphabetize, arrange, class, classification, distribute, guess, index, rank