classification

UK /ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ US /ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun 1

Definitions

noun

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.

Near-synonyms: categorization, typing

On those remote pages it is written that animals are divided into (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) suckling pigs, (e) mermaids, (f) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they were mad, (j) innumerable ones, (k) those drawn with a verfy fine camel's hair brush, (l) others, (m) those that have just broken a flower vase, (n) those that resemble flies from a distance.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

broad

detailed

simple

higher, lower

The restaurant lost its lower classification after failing several health inspections last year.

arbitrary

social

security

The researcher's report received a high security classification and could only be shared with authorized personnel.

VERB + CLASSIFICATION

defy

The artist's unusual paintings defy classification because they blend so many different styles together.

CLASSIFICATION + NOUN

system

PREP

~ into

The doctor explained the classification of patients into different risk groups.

PHRASES

a system of classification

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of distributing things into classes or categories of

categorization
categorisation
compartmentalization
compartmentalisation
assortment

noun — the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or cat

categorization
categorisation
sorting

noun — a group of people or things arranged by class or category

categorization
categorisation

Antonyms

declassification

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Near-synonyms: categorization, typing

Wiktionary

1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order … And there is also taxinomia a principle of 'clas

Wiktionary

The upcoming fifth edition of the DSM proposes a new spectrum-based classification of autistic disorders.

Tatoeba · #796189

Imogen of the Internet has created a seminal classification of thirty distinct varieties of chatspeak, some now facing linguistic extinction.

Tatoeba · #798447

It is clear that there is no classification of the Universe that is not arbitrary and full of conjectures.

Tatoeba · #1481398

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