Definitions

classify

[klas-uh-fahy] / ˈklæs əˌfaɪ /

VERB

categorize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate analyze arrange distribute divide label organize segregate

STRONG

allot alphabetize assort brand catalogue class codify collocate coordinate correlate dispose distinguish docket embody file grade group incorporate index match name number order peg pigeonhole range rank rate regiment size sort systematize tabulate tag ticket type typecast

WEAK

break down button down put away put down as put down for rank out size up tab take one's measure

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect combine disarrange disorder disorganize gather hold join keep maintain unite

STRONG

disallow disintegrate estimate exclude guess mix up scatter

Example Sentences

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Classify me however you want—liberal/conservative, gentile/Jew—I am an American and will never be truly comfortable in any other place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Classify it however you like; it is a shockingly powerful work of art, as funny as it is flaying.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2020

Classify the equation as a conditional equation, an identity, or a contradiction.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Classify his acid-base balance as acidosis or alkalosis, and as metabolic or respiratory.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Classify local or state officials in your commonwealth, in order to show differences in term and differences in the method of choosing them.

From Problems in American Democracy by Williamson, Thames Ross

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