classify

[klas-uh-fahy] / ˈklæs əˌfaɪ /

VERB

categorize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate analyze arrange distribute divide label organize segregate

STRONG

allot alphabetize assort brand catalogue class codify collocate coordinate correlate dispose distinguish docket embody file grade group incorporate index match name number order peg pigeonhole range rank rate regiment size sort systematize tabulate tag ticket type typecast

WEAK

break down button down put away put down as put down for rank out size up tab take one's measure

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect combine disarrange disorder disorganize gather hold join keep maintain unite

STRONG

disallow disintegrate estimate exclude guess mix up scatter

Example Sentences

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A roller coaster that when it was created in 2000 “demanded an all-new category just to classify its one of a kind nature,” giving rise to the “giga-coaster.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Private-equity linked insurers classify 56% of affiliated assets as bonds, many being asset-backed securities, unlike other insurers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The bigger concern, however, is not how the IRS would classify the payment, but whether the two of you later disagree about what the money was intended to cover.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

Participants answered three questions that were used to classify their loneliness as low, average or high.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

I’d never been to church and had never stopped to classify my thoughts into good ones and bad ones.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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