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classification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classislbor. French classe Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō 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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order … And there is also taxinomia a principle of 'classification' and ordered tabulation. Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables … Western reason had entered the age of judgement. 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN)
   • 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:
   • Near-synonyms: categorization, classifying, categorizing, typing, sorting

Forms

Deriveds

classification scheme · phyloclassification · microclassification · Cutter classification · declassification · general classification · reclassification · classification yard · ethnoclassification · interclassification · transclassification · Keros classification · seroclassification · points classification · classificationism · multiclassification · subclassification · classification society · classificational · preclassification · autoclassification · soil classification · overclassification · sprints classification · military load classification · nonclassification · scientific classification · classificationist · Ruedi-Allgower classification · unclassification · misclassification · Köppen climate classification · Goldschmidt classification

Relateds

segment · class · classify · classic

Synonyms

typing · categorizing · sorting · classifying · categorization

Translations (74)

be класіфіка́цыя (act of forming into classes) · hu meghatározás (act of forming into classes) · sw uainishaji (act of forming into classes) · pap klasifikashon (act of forming into classes) · ro clasificare (act of forming into classes) · lt klasifikacija (act of forming into classes) · hu minősítés (act of forming into classes) · sh klasifikacija (act of forming into classes) · ko 분류 (act of forming into classes) · hu klasszifikáció (act of forming into classes) · la descriptio (act of forming into classes) · mi kōmakahanga (act of forming into classes) · nb klassifikasjon (act of forming into classes) · ks پرٛاگ (act of forming into classes) · uk класифіка́ція (act of forming into classes) · gl clasificación (act of forming into classes) · ms pengelasan (act of forming into classes) · id klasifikasi (act of forming into classes) · de Klassifikation (act of forming into classes) · fi luokittelu (act of forming into classes) · el ταξινόμηση (act of forming into classes) · kk жіктеме (act of forming into classes) · cmn 分類 /分类 (act of forming into classes) · sv klassifikation (act of forming into classes) · bg класифика́ция (act of forming into classes) · es clasificación (act of forming into classes) · sv klassificering (act of forming into classes) · sip ཁོངས་རྷོགས (act of forming into classes) · az təsnifat (act of forming into classes) · ca classificació (act of forming into classes) · nl classificatie (act of forming into classes) · be клясыфіка́цыя (act of forming into classes) · el κατάταξη (act of forming into classes) · ml വർഗ്ഗീകരണം (act of forming into classes) · sl klasifikacija (act of forming into classes) · ru классифици́рование (act of forming into classes) · de Klassifizierung (act of forming into classes) · hu osztályozás (act of forming into classes) · cs klasifikace (act of forming into classes) · tl palaurian (act of forming into classes) · tr sınıflandırma (act of forming into classes) · fa ردهبندی (act of forming into classes) · ga aicmiú (act of forming into classes) · ext crasificación (act of forming into classes) · it classificazione (act of forming into classes) · ks وَرگہٕ بَنٛدی (act of forming into classes) · lv klasifikācija (act of forming into classes) · ja 分類 (act of forming into classes) · sh разредба (act of forming into classes) · vi sự phân loại (act of forming into classes) · pa ਵਰਗੀਕਰਨ (act of forming into classes) · cy dosbarthiad (act of forming into classes) · sk klasifikácia (act of forming into classes) · ro clasificație (act of forming into classes) · nb inndeling (act of forming into classes) · ka კლასიფიკაცია (act of forming into classes) · sh razredba (act of forming into classes) · sh класификација (act of forming into classes) · eo klasado (act of forming into classes) · nn inndeling (act of forming into classes) · hu besorolás (act of forming into classes) · ar تَصْنِيف (act of forming into classes) · fr classification (act of forming into classes) · mi whakarōpūtanga (act of forming into classes) · pt classificação (act of forming into classes) · la classificatio (act of forming into classes) · af klassifikasie (act of forming into classes) · hu beosztás (act of forming into classes) · mk класификација (act of forming into classes) · kk сыныптама (act of forming into classes) · ru классифика́ция (act of forming into classes) · pl klasyfikacja (act of forming into classes) · mr वर्गीकरण (act of forming into classes) · nn klassifikasjon (act of forming into classes)