Meaning & use
taxonomy
A system for classifying things, especially organisms, into ordered groups based on shared characteristics.
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Scientists updated the taxonomy of the beetle family after new genetic evidence emerged.
The company built a taxonomy of customer complaints to track recurring problems more easily.
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Originally a biology term for classifying living things, now widely applied to any structured classification system.
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