classification

Meanings

Plural: classifications

Noun

• the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
• a group of people or things arranged by class or category
• the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
• restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
• 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.

Synonyms

assortment, categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, sorting

Antonyms

declassification

Related Words

class, classic, classify, segment