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Definition of classification : The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.

Synonyms:

compartmentalization, graduation, assortment, smorgasbord, division, miscellany, apportionment, categorisation, analysis, disposal, layout, grouping, group, compartmentalisation, allotment, sorting, deployment, categorization, lineup, systematization, gradation, sequence, salmagundi, potpourri, motley, ordering, distribution, mixture, placement, allocation, miscellanea, organization, arrangement, disposition, assignment, formation, mixed bag

label, people, caste, step, stripe, stock, designation, taxonomy, genus, strain, grade, line, brand, rank, degree, kind, kingdom, family, persuasion, class, mold, category, denomination, breed, genotype, level, clan, race, series, type, order, stamp, ilk, form, set, make, feather, species, style, phylum, sort, variety, grain

Usage examples:

• " The Purple Slipper" was a play of no known classification, and with Hawtry in it was still less fish, flesh, fowl, or good red herring. - "Blue-grass and Broadway", Maria Thompson Daviess.
• The California Raisin Growers Association established classification and grades similar to those of the Spanish raisin packers, on which the French trade names are also based. - "Manual of American Grape-Growing", U. P. Hedrick.
• Evolution is from the simple to the complex; and in every case it is some time before organization is advanced enough to admit of exact classification. - "Natural Law in the Spiritual World", Henry Drummond.