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compartmentalize
compartmentalize
verb
Definition of COMPARTMENTALIZE
to arrange or assign according to type <we shouldn't compartmentalize the students into such restrictive categories as scholar and athlete, which are not mutually exclusive>
Synonyms assort, break down, categorize, class, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type
Related Words array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, systematize; alphabetize, catalog (or catalogue), file, index, list, refer; pigeonhole, shelve; identify, recognize; cull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnow; clump, cluster, colligate; recategorize, reclassify, regroup; subcategorize
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