Meaning & use
Classifies
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Arranges or organizes things into groups or categories according to shared characteristics.
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The library classifies books by subject and author.
The government classifies certain documents as top secret.
A note on using this word
In a governmental or military context, to be 'classified' means restricted from public access, a specialized sense of the same root verb.
Words with a similar meaning
categorizessortsorganizes
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