CLASSIFIES Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

classifies

verb

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present tense third-person singular of classify

as in ranks

to arrange or assign according to type classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity

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as in organizes

to put into a particular arrangement classify the information you got from the Internet by source

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Recent Examples of classifies SmartAsset used the Pew Research definition of middle class for its report, which classifies middle class as an income between two-thirds and double a region’s median income. —

Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026 The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies the strength of a tornado from EF-0, the weakest, to EF-5, the strongest. —

Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026 The World Health Organization now classifies burnout as an occupational phenomenon, and research shows that the average person’s attention span has dropped nearly 50% in the last two decades. —

Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026 The State Department classifies how safe a place is to travel by assigning an advisory level, from Level 1 to Level 4. —

Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026 About 40% of renters spend more than a third of their income on housing — a level that classifies them as cost-burdened — with 21% paying more than half their earnings on rent. —

Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026 Weapon system autonomously detects and classifies moving targets The company revealed that the weapon system autonomously detects and classifies moving targets in poor visibility situations caused by darkness, bad weather, smoke or dust kicked up by helicopters. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classifies lead as a toxic metal that can cause serious problems even at low levels of exposure, particularly for infants and young children who have still-developing brains and nervous systems. —

Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026 Because of that, said Burton, the bill classifies lot rental fees as a homeownership activity, meaning that mobile home owners making less than 140% of area median income — $123,900 for a family of four in Miami-Dade County — could qualify for up to six months of lot rental assistance. —

Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026

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Or one who ranks as the top up-and-comer in the country.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
Thomas, a two-time MVP, played for the White Sox from 1990 to 2005, and is the team's career leader in home runs, doubles, RBI, and runs scored, and ranks in the team's top six in both hits and batting average.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026