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classification
Meaning: a grouping based on shared qualities
classification in a sentence
How classification is used in real sentences:
The classification of the shells depended on their shape.
The chart used color as a classification for each rock type.
“Her classification placed each step in one of four groups: stamps, turns, reaches, or pauses.”
— from the passage Seven Beats Together
Synonyms for classification
Other words for classification — category, class and grouping — carry the same meaning.
- category
- class
- grouping
Where it comes from
From classify, related to Latin classis, meaning 'group or division.'
Memory hook
Classification puts things into a class.
Practice classification in the app