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# classify

«classify» in Mova's school dictionary: **to sort them into groups or categories by what they have…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (classify, classifies, classified, classifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To classify things is to sort them into groups or categories by what they have in common. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/#m1)

2) To classify something is to decide which group it belongs to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/#m2)

3) Classified information is secret and only for certain people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science pupils classify animals (mammals, birds, reptiles), materials (solid, liquid, gas) and living things. In maths they classify shapes, numbers and triangles. In news, classified documents are secret. Classified ads are small adverts sorted into sections. Phrases: classify as, classify by, classified information.

### examples

- Classify these animals as vertebrates or invertebrates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/#x1)
- We classified the shapes by number of sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/#x2)
- A whale is classified as a mammal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/#x3)
- Scientists classify plants by their seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/#x4)
- The spy found classified files. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/#x5)
- Can you classify these triangles? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/#x6)

### note

Spelling: classifies, classified (y becomes i). Noun «classification». Sorting into groups is called classification in science.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «classify» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classify/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.