classify

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklæs.ɪ.faɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/

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

   Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?

2. to declare something a secret, especially a government secret

   They decided to classify that information.

3. To make classy

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:classify

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to declare a secret”): declassify

Related terms

• class
• classification

Translations

identify or divide into classes

• Arabic: صَنَّفَ (ṣannafa), قَسَّمَ (qassama)
• Armenian: դասակարգել (hy) (dasakargel), դասդասել (hy) (dasdasel)
• Asturian: clasificar
• Belarusian: класіфікава́ць impf or pf (klasifikavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: класифицирам (bg) (klasificiram)
• Catalan: classificar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分類／分类 (zh) (fēnlèi), 分等 (fēnděng)

• Czech: klasifikovat (cs)
• Danish: klassificere
• Dutch: rangschikken (nl), classificeren (nl)
• Esperanto: klasifiki
• Estonian: klassifitseerima, liigitama
• Finnish: luokitella (fi), jäsentää (fi), lajitella (fi), ryhmittää (fi)
• French: classifier (fr)
• Galician: clasificar (gl)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: einordnen (de), einstufen (de), unterteilen (de), klassifizieren (de)
• Hungarian: osztályoz (hu)
• Ido: klasigar (io)
• Indonesian: mengelaskan (id), mengklasifikasi (id), mengklasifikasikan (id), mengelompokkan (id)
• Irish: rangaigh
• Japanese: 分類する (ja) (bunrui suru)
• Khmer: ចាត់ថ្នាក់ (cat thnak)
• Latin: discribō
• Latvian: klasificēt
• Malay: mengelaskan, mengklasifikasikan
• Maori: whakarōpū, kōmaka
• Mongolian: ангилах (mn) (angilax)
• Persian: نوعردن (fa), سانردن (fa)
• Polish: klasyfikować (pl)
• Portuguese: classificar (pt)
• Romanian: clasifica (ro)
• Russian: классифици́ровать (ru) impf or pf (klassificírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: razvrstati (sh), klasificirati (sh)
• Spanish: clasificar (es), encasillar (es)
• Swahili: -ainisha (sw)
• Swedish: klassificera (sv)
• Thai: จำแนก (th)
• Ukrainian: класифікува́ти impf or pf (klasyfikuváty)
• Vietnamese: phân loại (vi)

declare secret

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: գաղտնիացնել (hy) (gaġtniacʻnel)
• Belarusian: засакрэ́чваць impf (zasakréčvacʹ), засакрэ́ціць pf (zasakrécicʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定為機密／定为机密 (dìngwéi jīmì)

• Finnish: luokitella salaiseksi
• French: classifier (fr)
• German: als vertraulich / geheim einstufen
• Mongolian: нууцлах (mn) (nuuclax)
• Portuguese: classificar (pt)
• Russian: засекре́чивать (ru) impf (zasekréčivatʹ), засекре́тить (ru) pf (zasekrétitʹ)
• Spanish: clasificar (es)
• Ukrainian: засекре́чувати impf (zasekréčuvaty), засекре́тити pf (zasekrétyty)

See also

• arrange
• distribute
• rank

Further reading

• “classify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “classify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.