Antonyms for classify
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : klas-uh-fahy |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklæs əˌfaɪ |
Definition of classify
Origin :- 1782, from French classifier, from classe (see class (n.)) + -fier (see -fy). Related: Classified; classifying.
- verb categorize
- She was moved by some emotion, but he was unable, for the moment, to classify it.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- "Oh, if you like, I will classify all our acquaintances for you," replied Claude.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- Then he went back to the press to classify this new document in it.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- How, while mankind were disputing about universals, could they classify phenomena?
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- It remains to combine and classify the materials thus verified.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois
- Then they may classify adverbs on the principle of their meaning, or according to their termination.
- Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott
- You understand that we classify them: some do only half tasks, some three-quarters.
- Extract from : « Among the Pines » by James R. Gilmore
- I have attempted to classify these proposals under four headings.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- In this bulletin they do not classify saltpeter as an adulterant.
- Extract from : « Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value » by Harry Snyder
- “There are troubles, I own, which it is difficult to classify and interpret,” said her husband.
- Extract from : « Deerbrook » by Harriet Martineau
Synonyms for classify
- allocate
- allot
- alphabetize
- analyze
- arrange
- assort
- brand
- break down
- button down
- catalogue
- class
- codify
- collocate
- coordinate
- correlate
- dispose
- distinguish
- distribute
- divide
- docket
- embody
- file
- grade
- group
- incorporate
- index
- label
- match
- name
- number
- order
- organize
- peg
- pigeonhole
- put away
- put down as
- put down for
- range
- rank
- rank out
- rate
- regiment
- segregate
- size
- size up
- sort
- systematize
- tab
- tabulate
- tag
- take one's measure
- ticket
- type
- typecast
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