CLASSIFY Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

classify

verb

ˈkla-sə-ˌfī

Definition of classify

as in to rank

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

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Relevance

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as in to organize

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

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Recent Examples of classify By law, material can only be classified for national security purposes. — Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 In 2023, the FDA classified 19 peptides as unsafe to be compounded, a process where a specialized pharmacy mixing ingredients that are specific for a patient. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 Incoming documents are split up, classified and attached to individual shipments. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 The prosecution argued that the victims — who all belonged to the church and had since left — delayed reporting the incidents or classifying them as rape due to fear of retaliation for violating a Scientology rule against going to the police. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for classify

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The worst scoring defense to win a Super Bowl was the 2011 New York Giants, who ranked 25th in points allowed, giving up 25 points per game.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
The Jets entered Sunday ranked 31st in red-zone touchdown percentage at 45%.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of rank

Verb

Eire serves on the advisory board for the Disclosure Foundation, a nonprofit that organized the event and is dedicated to transparency around unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and aliens.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
On February 9, 1934, the French Communist Party organized a march to the Place de la République as a counter-protest to fascist riots, an action that helped lay the groundwork for the alliance of left-wing parties known as the Popular Front.

— Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of organize

Verb

Defense challenges claims of disruption Sabatini sought to undermine the university’s account by distinguishing between students feeling frightened and actual interruptions to academic activities.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Yet the reporting does not clearly distinguish between regional conditions that increase risk and findings establishing why these buildings developed mold.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of distinguish

Verb

The service is seeking industry proposals for software that could help arrange the complex systems packed inside its next-generation SSN(X) attack submarine.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
His eight-song set, which I was blessed to experience firsthand, was sparsely arranged—the accompaniment amounted to a set of brass bells, a bass guitar, and Cox’s trusty SP-404—yet transfixing all the same.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrange

Verb

Mountbatten-Windsor was also ordered to move out of the Royal Lodge, his longtime home in parkland near Windsor Castle.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
Israel ordered residents to evacuate the gunmen's neighborhood and closed roads into and out of Hebron.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of order

Verb

Garver struggled offensively in Seattle compared with his time in Texas and was relegated to a backup role behind catcher Cal Raleigh.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Instead, he’s often relegated to the role of good-faith interlocutor, trying his best to get to the truth of who Holmes and Evans are, the nature of their relationship, and their motivations for participating in this project.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of relegate

Verb

Acxiom, a major data company, developed a segmentation system called PersonicX that grouped households into lifestyle categories.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Two popular names with deep ties to the Pittsburgh region will be grouped this week at the PGA Tour's event in Bermuda.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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