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classifier

Syllables: clas·si·fi·er/ˈklæsɪfaɪə/US/ˈklæsɪfaɪɚ/

classifier noun: someone who classifies.

Noun

classifier (plural classifiers)

  1. Someone who classifies.
    • He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life, page 39
  2. A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as CJKV languages and sign languages), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
  3. A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
  4. A program or algorithm that classifies.
  5. (object-oriented programming) A metaclass used to group other entities having common features.
    • A classifier can have several types of extra information attached to it via a UML mechanism called adornments.2005, Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman, UML 2.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 9
    • The owner scope of a feature specifies whether the feature appears in each instance of the classifier or whether there is just a single instance of the feature for all instances of the classifier.2008, S.S.Jadhav B.S.Ainapure, Object Oriented Modeling & Design, page 3-40

classifier meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Thai

classifier in Tamil

வகைப்படுத்தி

classifier in Arabic

someone who classifies
مُصَنِّف muṣannif, مُصَنِّفَة muṣannifa, مُصَنِّفُون muṣannifūn, مُصَنِّفِين muṣannifīn, مُصَنِّفَيْن muṣannifayn, مُصَنِّفَان muṣannifān

classifier in Malay

(linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class
penjodoh bilangan

classifier in Thai

(linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class
ลักษณนาม lák-sà-nà-naam
More languagesFewer languages
classifier in Vietnamese
loại từ, danh từ loại thể, danh từ chỉ đơn vị tự nhiên
classifier in Myanmar
သင်္ချာပစ္စည်း sanghkyapaccany:

Examples of classifier in a sentence

  • The selective algorithm excludes the redundant classifiers to construct a streamlined ensemble learning.
  • The ensembled classifier is a collection of classifiers representing a single hypothesis.
  • An unusual property of Movima is its system of numeral classifiers.

All 14 example sentences with classifier

Forms of classifier

pluralclassifiers

Plural of classifier: classifiers

Origin of classifier

From classify + -er.

Words formed from classifier

Questions about classifier

What does classifier mean?
Classifier means someone who classifies.
What is classifier in Tamil?
Classifier in Tamil is வகைப்படுத்தி. See Classifier meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is classifier?
Classifier is a noun.
How do you pronounce classifier?
Classifier is pronounced /ˈklæsɪfaɪɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of classifier?
The plural of classifier is classifiers.

Words near classifier in the dictionary

  1. classified ad
  2. classified ads
  3. classified advertisement
  4. classified advertisements
  5. classifieds
  6. classifier
  7. classifiers
  8. classifies
  9. classify
  10. classifying
  11. classifying morphism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: classifier (page history and authors); classifier (Tamil 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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