What does classification mean?
Definitions for classification
ˌklæs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃənclas·si·fi·ca·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortmentnoun
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
classification, categorization, categorisationnoun
a group of people or things arranged by class or category
classification, categorization, categorisation, sortingnoun
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
classificationnoun
restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
Wiktionary
classificationnoun
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.
Etymology: From classification.
Wikipedia
Classification
Classification is a process related to categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood.
ChatGPT
classification
Classification is the act or process of categorizing or arranging entities, objects or information based on similarities or shared characteristics. In various fields, it might refer to organizing data into different categories for the purpose of analysis, studying or understanding.
Webster Dictionary
Classificationnoun
the act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities
Etymology: [Cf. F. classification.]
Wikidata
Classification
Classification is a figure of speech linking a proper noun to a common noun using the or other articles.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Classification
The systematic arrangement of entities in any field into categories classes based on common characteristics such as properties, morphology, subject matter, etc.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
classification
The determination that official information requires, in the interests of national security, a specific degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure, coupled with a designation signifying that such a determination has been made. See also security classification.
Entomology
Classification
is the systematic arrangement of insects (or other animals or plants) in series showing their relation or agreement in structure, life habits or other characters forming the basis of the "classification."
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'classification' in Nouns Frequency: #1915
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of classification in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of classification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of classification in a Sentence
It was the lowest classification, it was confidential, the lowest you can get, i think the president is looking at this case real closely.
That won't be my call. It depends on the classification level, it depends on what exactly we want to reveal about the airplane at this point, eventually, more and more of the detail will become unclassified but I'm not going to say when.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner:
As we go through the contents of these e-mails... we need to look at whether portions of them need to be upgraded in terms of classification, these were upgraded to confidential, so none of these documents were classified at the time they were sent.
It doesn't mean that all 300 are going to end up at some level of (classification upgrade). I suspect some will and I suspect some won't.
The presidential records act does supersede traditional classification concerns.
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Translations for classification
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- تصنيفArabic
- класіфікацыя, клясыфікацыяBelarusian
- класификацияBulgarian
- classificacióCatalan, Valencian
- klasifikaceCzech
- dosbarthiadWelsh
- klassifikationDanish
- KlassifikationGerman
- ταξινόμηση, κατάταξηGreek
- klasadoEsperanto
- clasificaciónSpanish
- ردهبندیPersian
- luokitteluFinnish
- classificationFrench
- rangúIrish
- वर्गीकरणHindi
- osztályozásHungarian
- klasifikasiIndonesian
- classificazioneItalian
- 分類Japanese
- 분류, 分類Korean
- partitioLatin
- klasifikacijaLithuanian
- klasifikācijaLatvian
- класификацијаMacedonian
- classificatieDutch
- klassifikasjon, klassifiseringNorwegian
- klasyfikacjaPolish
- classificaçãoPortuguese
- clasificare, clasificațieRomanian
- классифицирование, классификацияRussian
- разредба, klasifikacija, razredba, класификацијаSerbo-Croatian
- klasifikáciaSlovak
- klasifikacijaSlovene
- klassifikation, klassificeringSwedish
- வகைப்பாடுTamil
- sınıflandırmaTurkish
- класифікаціяUkrainian
- phân loạiVietnamese
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