Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To arrange or organize according to class or category.
- transitive verb To designate (a document, for example) as confidential, secret, or top secret.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To arrange in a class or classes; arrange or group in sets, sorts, or ranks according to some method founded on common characteristics in the objects so arranged.
- Synonyms See
class , transitive verb
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
identify by ordivide intoclasses ; tocategorize - verb To
declare something asecret , especially agovernment secret
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb declare unavailable, as for security reasons
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
- verb assign to a class or kind
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the local board reopens the registrant's classification, it shall consider the new information which it has received and shall again classify the registrant in the same manner as if he had never before been classified.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9988 1948
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I could easily classify her as a timeless Flemish Mysthic if I wouldn't be afraid to use the word classify in her case.
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009
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(c) After the registrant has appeared before the member or members of the local board designated for the purpose, the local board shall consider the new information which it receives and shall again classify the registrant in the same manner as if he had never before been classified.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9988 1948
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Other linguist [s] have expressed scepticism about its methods, claiming that there is no agreement about how to classify a word.
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Other linguist [s] have expressed scepticism about its methods, claiming that there is no agreement about how to classify a word.
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The priorities of the teams will be identifying existing losses and requiring their immediate recognition (the regulatory authorities have the authority to "classify" assets that can trump the accounting scams that Congress extorted from FASB).
William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 1: Put Bank of America in Receivership William K. Black 2010
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The priorities of the teams will be identifying existing losses and requiring their immediate recognition (the regulatory authorities have the authority to "classify" assets that can trump the accounting scams that Congress extorted from FASB).
William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 1: Put Bank of America in Receivership William K. Black 2010
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The priorities of the teams will be identifying existing losses and requiring their immediate recognition (the regulatory authorities have the authority to "classify" assets that can trump the accounting scams that Congress extorted from FASB).
William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 1: Put Bank of America in Receivership William K. Black 2010
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The priorities of the teams will be identifying existing losses and requiring their immediate recognition (the regulatory authorities have the authority to "classify" assets that can trump the accounting scams that Congress extorted from FASB).
William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 1: Put Bank of America in Receivership William K. Black 2010
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