classify

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

clas·sify [classify classifies classified classifying] BrE [ˈklæsɪfaɪ] NAmE [ˈklæsɪfaɪ] verb (clas·si·fies, clas·si·fy·ing, clas·si·fied, clas·si·fied)
1. ~ sth to arrange sth in groups according to features that they have in common
•The books in the library are classified according to subject.
•Patients are classified into three categories.
•All rural settlements were classified according to their size.
•people classified by ethnic group
•These can be classified under five headings.
2. ~ sb/sth as sth to decide which type or group sb/sth belongs to
•Only eleven of these accidents were classified as major.
•Would you classify it as a hard drug or a soft drug?
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: back-formation from ↑classification, from French, from classe ‘class’, from Latin classis ‘division’.

Thesaurus:
classify verb T
•books classified according to subject
sort • • categorize • • group • • file • • bracket • • class •
classify/sort/categorize/group sb/sth according to/into/by sth
classify/categorize/group/file/bracket/class sb/sth as sth
classify/sort/categorize/group/file/class sb/sth under sth

Example Bank:
•Antiques can be classified according to a number of criteria.
•The books are all classified by subject.
•We can classify machines in terms of their function.
•Eleven accidents were classified as major.
•Soils can be classified under two main headings.
•The study recorded and classified accidents over a period of a year.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  relegate, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate