"classify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈklæs.ɪ.faɪ/ [UK], /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-classify.wav [Southern-England] Forms: classifies [present, singular, third-person], classifying [participle, present], classified [participle, past], classified [past]
Etymology: From French classifier. By surface analysis, class + -ify. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|classifier}} French classifier, {{surf|en|class|-ify}} By surface analysis, class + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} classify (third-person singular simple present classifies, present participle classifying, simple past and past participle classified)
  1. to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize Translations (identify or divide into classes): صَنَّفَ (ṣannafa) (Arabic), قَسَّمَ (qassama) (Arabic), դասակարգել (dasakargel) (Armenian), դասդասել (dasdasel) (Armenian), clasificar (Asturian), класіфікава́ць (klasifikavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), класифицирам (klasificiram) (Bulgarian), classificar (Catalan), 分類 (Chinese Mandarin), 分类 (fēnlèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 分等 (fēnděng) (Chinese Mandarin), klasifikovat (Czech), klassificere (Danish), rangschikken (Dutch), classificeren (Dutch), klasifiki (Esperanto), klassifitseerima (Estonian), liigitama (Estonian), luokitella (Finnish), jäsentää (Finnish), lajitella (Finnish), ryhmittää (Finnish), classifier (French), clasificar (Galician), einordnen (German), einstufen (German), unterteilen (German), klassifizieren (German), osztályoz (Hungarian), klasigar (Ido), mengelaskan (Indonesian), mengklasifikasi (Indonesian), mengklasifikasikan (Indonesian), mengelompokkan (Indonesian), rangaigh (Irish), 分類する (bunrui suru) (Japanese), ចាត់ថ្នាក់ (cat thnak) (Khmer), discribō (Latin), klasificēt (Latvian), mengelaskan (Malay), mengklasifikasikan (Malay), whakarōpū (Maori), kōmaka (Maori), ангилах (angilax) (Mongolian), نوعردن (Persian), سانردن (Persian), klasyfikować (Polish), classificar (Portuguese), clasifica (Romanian), классифици́ровать (klassificírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), razvrstati (Serbo-Croatian), klasificirati (Serbo-Croatian), clasificar (Spanish), encasillar (Spanish), -ainisha (Swahili), klassificera (Swedish), จำแนก (Thai), класифікува́ти (klasyfikuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), phân loại (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-classify-en-verb-yYo68Ymj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 32 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 60 21 19 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 24 15 Disambiguation of 'identify or divide into classes': 96 3 1
  2. to declare something a secret, especially a government secret Translations (declare secret): գաղտնիացնել (gaġtniacʻnel) (Armenian), засакрэ́чваць (zasakréčvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), засакрэ́ціць (zasakrécicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), 定為機密 (Chinese Mandarin), 定为机密 (dìngwéi jīmì) (Chinese Mandarin), luokitella salaiseksi (Finnish), classifier (French), als vertraulich / geheim einstufen (German), нууцлах (nuuclax) (Mongolian), classificar (Portuguese), засекре́чивать (zasekréčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), засекре́тить (zasekrétitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), clasificar (Spanish), засекре́чувати (zasekréčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), засекре́тити (zasekrétyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-classify-en-verb-UJMFz06- Disambiguation of 'declare secret': 6 92 3
  3. To make classy
    Sense id: en-classify-en-verb-uYJRX2ta
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: identify Related terms: class, classification, arrange, distribute, rank, alphabetize, guess, index

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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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          "lang": "Asturian",
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          "word": "clasificar"
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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          "roman": "klasificiram",
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          "word": "класифицирам"
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "word": "classificar"
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fēnlèi",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "分类"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fēnděng",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klasifikovat"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klassificere"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "rangschikken"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klasifiki"
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klassifitseerima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "liigitama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "luokitella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "jäsentää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "lajitella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "ryhmittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "classifier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "clasificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "einordnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "einstufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "unterteilen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klassifizieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "osztályoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klasigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "mengelaskan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "mengklasifikasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "mengklasifikasikan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "mengelompokkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "rangaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bunrui suru",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "分類する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cat thnak",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "ចាត់ថ្នាក់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "discribō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klasificēt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "mengelaskan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "mengklasifikasikan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "whakarōpū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "kōmaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "angilax",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "ангилах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "نوعردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "سانردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klasyfikować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "classificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "clasifica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "klassificírovatʹ",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "классифици́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "razvrstati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klasificirati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "clasificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "encasillar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "-ainisha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "klassificera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "จำแนก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "klasyfikuváty",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "класифікува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "identify or divide into classes",
          "word": "phân loại"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "They decided to classify that information.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to declare something a secret, especially a government secret"
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          "declare"
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          "secret"
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          "government",
          "government"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "gaġtniacʻnel",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "word": "գաղտնիացնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zasakréčvacʹ",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "засакрэ́чваць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zasakrécicʹ",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "засакрэ́ціць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "word": "定為機密"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dìngwéi jīmì",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "word": "定为机密"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "word": "luokitella salaiseksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "word": "classifier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "word": "als vertraulich / geheim einstufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "nuuclax",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "word": "нууцлах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "word": "classificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zasekréčivatʹ",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "засекре́чивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 92 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zasekrétitʹ",
          "sense": "declare secret",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "засекре́тить"
        },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zasekréčuvaty",
      "sense": "declare secret",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "засекре́чувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zasekrétyty",
      "sense": "declare secret",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "засекре́тити"
    }
  ],
  "word": "classify"
}

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