classify

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb arrange or order by classes or categories
  2. verb declare unavailable, as for security reasons
  3. verb assign to a class or kind

Etymology

From French classifier. By surface analysis, class + -ify.

In classic literature

Synonyms

class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

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