classify

English

Etymology

From French classifier. By surface analysis, class +‎ -ify.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklæs.ɪ.faɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/

Verb

classify (third-person singular simple present classifies, present participle classifying, simple past and past participle classified)

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?
to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
They decided to classify that information.
To make classy

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:classify

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to declare a secret”): declassify

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

identify or divide into classes

Arabic: صَنَّفَ (ṣannafa), قَسَّمَ (qassama)
Armenian: դասակարգել (hy) (dasakargel), դասդասել (hy) (dasdasel)
Asturian: clasificar
Belarusian: класіфікава́ць impf or pf (klasifikavácʹ)
Bulgarian: класифицирам (bg) (klasificiram)
Catalan: classificar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分類／分类 (zh) (fēnlèi), 分等 (fēnděng)
Czech: klasifikovat (cs)
Danish: klassificere
Dutch: rangschikken (nl), classificeren (nl)
Esperanto: klasifiki
Estonian: klassifitseerima, liigitama
Finnish: luokitella (fi), jäsentää (fi), lajitella (fi), ryhmittää (fi)
French: classifier (fr)
Galician: clasificar (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: einordnen (de), einstufen (de), unterteilen (de), klassifizieren (de)
Hungarian: osztályoz (hu)
Ido: klasigar (io)
Indonesian: mengelaskan (id), mengklasifikasi (id), mengklasifikasikan (id), mengelompokkan (id)
Irish: rangaigh
Japanese: 分類する (ja) (bunrui suru)
Khmer: ចាត់ថ្នាក់ (cat thnak)
Latin: discribō
Latvian: klasificēt
Malay: mengelaskan, mengklasifikasikan
Maori: whakarōpū, kōmaka
Mongolian: ангилах (mn) (angilax)
Persian: نوعردن, سانردن
Polish: klasyfikować (pl)
Portuguese: classificar (pt)
Romanian: clasifica (ro)
Russian: классифици́ровать (ru) impf or pf (klassificírovatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: razvrstati (sh), klasificirati (sh)
Spanish: clasificar (es), encasillar (es)
Swahili: -ainisha (sw)
Swedish: klassificera (sv)
Thai: จำแนก (th)
Ukrainian: класифікува́ти impf or pf (klasyfikuváty)
Vietnamese: phân loại (vi)

declare secret

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: գաղտնիացնել (hy) (gaġtniacʻnel)
Belarusian: засакрэ́чваць impf (zasakréčvacʹ), засакрэ́ціць pf (zasakrécicʹ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定為機密／定为机密 (dìngwéi jīmì)
Finnish: luokitella salaiseksi
French: classifier (fr)
German: als vertraulich / geheim einstufen
Mongolian: нууцлах (mn) (nuuclax)
Portuguese: classificar (pt)
Russian: засекре́чивать (ru) impf (zasekréčivatʹ), засекре́тить (ru) pf (zasekrétitʹ)
Spanish: clasificar (es)
Ukrainian: засекре́чувати impf (zasekréčuvaty), засекре́тити pf (zasekrétyty)