Definition of classification
1 : the act or process of classifying
2a : systematic arrangement in groups or categories according to established criteria; specifically : taxonomyb : class, category
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Examples of classification in a Sentence
the classification of new species
job classifications for government workers
Recent Examples of classification from the Web
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After years of stalling, the EU moved to upgrade China’s status in November when Malmstrom proposed to elevate the country’s classification in dumping cases.
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That is exactly what the segregationist Jim Crow states tried to do in many situations where courts began to strike down explicit racial classifications.
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To get around that requirement, the report said, NIU administrators gave those workers an official classification that would ordinarily have limited their employment to part-time work for three months or less, with no benefits or pension.
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Airport officials and the Federal Aviation Administration are working on an agreement to remove that classification this year.
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The Vikings (24-2), regarded as the top team in the state regardless of classification, last won the Class 4A championship in 2014.
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In the U.S., companies like Forbes Travel Guide or AAA provide the benchmark classification systems.
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Last year, more than 150 Spanish wine professionals, in a meeting organized by Telmo Rodríguez of Remelluri, signed a manifesto urging wine authorities to create such hierarchical classifications for Spanish wine regions.
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A classification system is more like an idea than an expression.
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First Known Use of classification
1767
Other Biology Terms
CLASSIFICATION Defined for English Language Learners
classification
playDefinition of classification for English Language Learners
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: the act or process of putting people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike
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: an arrangement of people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike
CLASSIFICATION Defined for Kids
classification
playDefinition of classification for Students
1 : the act of arranging into groups of similar things
2 : an arrangement into groups of similar things a classification of plants
Medical Dictionary
classification
playMedical Definition of classification
1: the act or process of classifying
2: systematic arrangement of animals and plants in groups or categories according to established criteria; specifically : taxonomy 2
Law Dictionary
classification
Legal Definition of classification
: the act or method of distributing into a class or category according to characteristics; also : a class or category determined by characteristics — see also suspect classification
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