English Explanatory Dictionary

classification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-classification.wav

Word forms

classification classifications

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classislbor. French classe Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficōder. French -ifier French classifier Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French classificationbor. English classification Borrowed from French classification.

Synonyms

categorization classifying categorizing typing sorting

Related words

class classic classify segment

Derived words

autoclassification classificational classificationism classificationist classification scheme classification society classification yard 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
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