classify

  • 11classify */*/ — UK [ˈklæsɪfaɪ] / US [ˈklæsɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms classify : present tense I/you/we/they classify he/she/it classifies present participle classifying past tense classified past participle classified 1) a) to put people or things into… …

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  • 12classify — 01. The band s music can t really be [classified]; it s both jazz and rock, with a little bit of folk thrown in the mix. 02. The government has announced plans to [classify] videos so that parents will know if a film is okay for young viewers. 03 …

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  • 13classify — clas|si|fy [ˈklæsıfaı] v past tense and past participle classified present participle classifying third person singular classifies [T] 1.) to decide what group something belongs to →↑classification classify sth as/under sth ▪ In law, beer is… …

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  • 14classify — clas|si|fy [ klæsı,faı ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to put people or things into particular groups according to the features that they have: classify someone/something according to something: In the study families are classified according to their… …

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  • 15classify — verb a) To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize Should we classify make up as an idiom or as a phrasal verb? b) To declare something a …

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  • 16classify — [[t]klæ̱sɪfaɪ[/t]] classifies, classifying, classified VERB To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group. [V n] It is necessary initially to classify the headaches… …

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  • 17classify — clas·si·fy klas ə .fī vt, fied; fy·ing to arrange in classes that have systematic relations usu. founded on common properties <how would you classify these animals> …

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  • 18classify — verb Classify is used with these nouns as the object: ↑type …

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  • 19classify — verb (T) 1 to decide what group a plant, animal, book etc belong to according to a system: classify sth as: Is this plant classified as a moss or a lichen? 2 to regard people or things as belonging to a particular type because they have the same… …

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  • 20classify — verb we can classify the students into two groups Syn: categorize, group, grade, rank, rate, order, organize, range, sort, type, codify, bracket, systematize, systemize; catalog, list, file, index, lump …

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