Entry Word: classify

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to arrange or assign according to type <classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity>

Synonyms assort, break down, categorize, class, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, separate, sort

Related Words arrange, order, organize, systematize; alphabetize, catalog (or catalogue), codify, file, index, list; pigeonhole, shelve; distinguish, identify, recognize; cull, screen, sift, winnow

Near Antonyms confuse, disarrange, jumble, lump, mix (up), scramble

2 to put into a particular arrangement <classify the information you got from the Internet by source> — see order 1