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classificar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • classify verb To sort into groups or categories based on shared traits.
  • distribute verb To divide something up and hand it out to a number of people or places.
  • label noun A small tag, sticker, or printed note attached to something, giving information about it.
  • qualify verb To meet the requirements needed for something, such as a job, benefit, or competition stage.
  • sort noun A particular type or kind of something.
  • subsume verb To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

Senses

classificar is used for these senses in English:

  • distribute (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.
  • label (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
  • qualify To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
  • sort (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
  • subsume (transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

classify — full definition

  1. verb To sort into groups or categories based on shared traits.
  2. verb To officially mark information as secret.

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