classification
US/ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
classification noun: the act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
Noun
classification (countable and uncountable, plural classifications)
- The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
- Near-synonyms: categorization, classifying, categorizing, typing, sorting
- On those remote pages it is written that animals are divided into (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) suckling pigs, (e) mermaids, (f) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if...1937-1952, Jorge Luis Borges, Other Inquisitions
- Synonyms:
- categorization, classifying, categorizing, typing, sorting
classification meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
classification in Hindi
- classification, organization
- वर्गीकरण vargīkaraṇ
classification in Tamil
- வகைப்பாடு, வகையாக்கம், சீர்பிரிப்பு, கூறாக்கம், கூறாகப் பிரித்தல்
classification in Marathi
- act of forming into classes
- वर्गीकरण vargīkraṇ
classification in Urdu
- classification
- ترتیب tartīb
More languagesFewer languages
- classification in Bengali
- শ্রেণীবিভাগ, শ্রেণীবিন্যাস, শ্রেণীবদ্ধন, শ্রেণীবন্ধ
- classification in Telugu
- వర్గీకరణ vargīkaraṇa
- classification in Malayalam
- വർഗ്ഗീകരണം vaṟggīkaraṇaṁ
- classification in Kannada
- ಹಂಚಿಕೆ, ವಿಂಗಡಣೆ, ವರ್ಗೀಕರಣ, ವರ್ಗಗಳಾಗಿ ವಿಂಗಡಿಸುವುದು
- classification in Punjabi
- ਵਰਗੀਕਰਨ vargīkaran
- classification in Tagalog
- palaurian
- classification in Arabic
- تَصْنِيف taṣnīf
- classification in Malay
- pengelasan
- classification in Indonesian
- klasifikasi
- classification in Persian
- ردهبندی rade-bandi
- classification in Vietnamese
- sự phân loại
- Kashmiri
- پرٛاگ prāg, وَرگہٕ بَنٛدی vargụ bandī
Examples of classification in a sentence
- Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.
- Referring to Lord Voldemort as the most feared person in the world is an in-universe classification in the Harry Potter series.
- Because the base material is what determines material classification, that button is not classified as an enamel.
Synonyms of classification
Forms of classification
| plural | classifications |
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Origin of classification
Borrowed from French classification.
Words formed from classification
- autoclassification
- classificational
- classificationism
- classificationist
- classification scheme
- classification society
- classification yard
- Cutter classification
- declassification
- ethnoclassification
- general classification
- Goldschmidt classification
- interclassification
- Keros classification
- Köppen climate classification
- microclassification
- military load classification
- misclassification
- multiclassification
- nonclassification
- overclassification
- phyloclassification
- points classification
- preclassification
- reclassification
- Ruedi-Allgower classification
- scientific classification
- seroclassification
- soil classification
- sprints classification
- subclassification
- transclassification
- unclassification
Phrases with classification
Words that rhyme with classification
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about classification
- What does classification mean?
- Classification means the act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
- What is classification in Hindi?
- Classification in Hindi is वर्गीकरण (vargīkaraṇ). See Classification meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is classification?
- Classification is a noun.
- How do you pronounce classification?
- Classification is pronounced /ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of classification?
- The plural of classification is classifications.
Words near classification in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: classification (page history and authors); वर्गीकरण (Hindi) (page history and authors); classification (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ترتیب (Urdu) (page history and authors); classification (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వర్గీకరణ (Telugu) (page history and authors); classification (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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