Definitions for CLASSIFICATION
ˌklæs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃənclas·si·fi·ca·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortmentnoun

   the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

2. classification, categorization, categorisationnoun

   a group of people or things arranged by class or category

3. classification, categorization, categorisation, sortingnoun

   the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

4. classificationnoun

   restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.4 / 15 votes

1. 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.

2. Etymology: From classification.

WikipediaRate this definition:4.8 / 4 votes

1. Classification

   Classification is a process related to categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:4.4 / 5 votes

1. 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

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. classification.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. 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 MedicineRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. 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 TermsRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

1. 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.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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."

Matched Categories

1. • Restriction

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CLASSIFICATION' in Nouns Frequency: #1915

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CLASSIFICATION in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CLASSIFICATION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of CLASSIFICATION in a Sentence

1. Michael Flynn:

   This over-classification excuse is not an excuse, if it's classified, it's classified.

2. W. J. Reichmann:

   Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to classification somewhere within neatly labelled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions

3. Cox Communications President Patrick Esser:

   We are already seeing early signs. .... Poll attachment fees go up, already seeing new classification of taxes, my legal costs are going up, my customer pays for that. I don't think Cox Communications's needed.

4. Chuck Grassley:

   It’s unacceptable that the FBI continues to take a secretive approach, hiding behind classification as an excuse to withhold information that all Americans deserve to have.

5. Chris Hayes:

   Trump has every reason to believe Barr will use his new powers to aid the Presidents anti-deep state propaganda efforts, trump giving Barr unilateral authority over classification is just a huge deal in the world of Intelligence agencies. Barr will be able to override other agencies independent classification determinations. And the goal of all this here seems pretty clear. Its basically to give Sean Hannity material for his television show. So the plan, as it appears now, is essentially a kind of purge of the ideologically suspect members of the intelligence apparatus.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CLASSIFICATION
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Classification
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CLASSIFICATION
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=CLASSIFICATION
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=CLASSIFICATION
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=CLASSIFICATION