Classification Meaning
/ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
Sentence Examples
The upcoming fifth edition of the DSM proposes a new spectrum-based classification of autistic disorders.
Support vector machines are supervised learning models used for classification and regression analysis.
Scientists created a new classification system for these rare plants.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Biologists use a system of ____ to organize all living species into groups.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Biology students study the ____ of living organisms into different kingdoms and species.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classislbor. French classe Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficōder. French -ifier French classifier Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French classificationbor. English classification Borrowed from French classification.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"On those remote pages it is written that animals are divided into (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) suckling pigs, (e) mermaids, (f) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they were mad, (j) innumerable ones, (k) those drawn with a verfy fine camel's hair brush, (l) others, (m) those that have just broken a flower vase, (n) those that resemble flies from a distance."
— 1937-1952, Jorge Luis Borges, Other Inquisitions:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Biologists use a system of ____ to organize all living species into groups.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Biology students study the ____ of living organisms into different kingdoms and species.