classify

Verbs

  • (v) arrange or order by classes or categories
    • How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
    class, sort out, assort, sort, separate,
  • (v) declare unavailable, as for security reasons
    • Classify these documents
  • (v) assign to a class or kind
    • How should algae be classified?
    • People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms
    relegate,

Synonyms

class sort out assort sort separate relegate

Antonyms

declassify

Words of close approximity

classic
classics
classifying adjective