Classification - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word classification
Brit.  |ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word classification

noun

- the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type (syn: assortment, categorization)
- a group of people or things arranged by class or category (syn: categorization)
- the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories (syn: categorization, sorting)
- restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

Extra examples

There are five job classifications.

Do you understand the system of classification used in ornithology?

Brussels classification

Universal Decimal classification

...games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”...

A genus is superior to a species in classification.

Word forms

noun
singular: classification
plural: classifications
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