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Definition of classify : To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

Synonyms:

furcate, dissever, docket, reduce to order, incorporate, number, regiment, value, break, list, bar, crystallise, distribute, allot, discriminate, differentiate, branch, relegate, sieve, clear, illuminate, part, fall apart, discipline, shed light on, catalog, sort out, come apart, tabulate, tag, introduce a system, break down, ramify, screen out, crystallize, tell apart, consort, analyze, split, severalize, break up, size, collect, place in a category, secern, correct, disunite, crystalise, ticket, index, file, coordinate, kick downstairs, form into classes, segregate, dispose, demote, crystalize, alphabetize, elucidate, collocate, match, digest, affiliate, tell, pass on, submit, severalise, codify, fork, assign, correlate, put in order, straighten out, range, associate, allocate, enlighten, split up, single out, clear up, name, divide, distinguish, carve up, bump, banish, secernate

brand, label, stamp, designate, assort

fix, compose, rank, regulate, unify, establish, categorize, group, balance, plan, prepare, screen, array, adjust, normalize, methodize, grade, support, subordinate, marshal, schematize, order, orchestrate, cast, structure, pigeonhole, mediate, sort, plot, arrange, control, systematize, right, program, separate, shape, settle, set, place, schedule, collate, rate, scheme, harmonize, devise, stratify, form, maintain, chart, class, sift, frame, score, organize, unsnarl, type, design, integrate, stabilize, rationalize

Usage examples:

• When we classify things, give them class- names, we simply mean that we note for convenience that certain actually existing objects have similar qualities, a fact it is convenient for us to know and register.
• But the Spiritual man is removed from this family so utterly by the possession of an additional characteristic that a biologist, fully informed of the whole circumstances, would not hesitate a moment to classify him elsewhere. - "Natural Law in the Spiritual World", Henry Drummond.
• He always found new faces interesting to classify, some unusual combination, some degree of emotional development he had not seen before. - "The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story", Various.