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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. arrange or order by classes or categories;
- Example: "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
[syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate]

2. declare unavailable, as for security reasons;
- Example: "Classify these documents"

3. assign to a class or kind;
- Example: "How should algae be classified?"
- Example: "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
[syn: relegate, classify]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Classify \Clas"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Classified; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Classifying.] [L. classis class + -fy.]
   To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system;
   to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common
   properties or characters.

   Syn: To arrange; distribute; rank.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

classify
    v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
         classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn:
         classify, class, sort, assort, sort out,
         separate]
    2: declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these
       documents" [ant: declassify]
    3: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?";
       "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn:
       relegate, classify]