HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of classification | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən

Definitions

  1. 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.
    countable, uncountable
  2. 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

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca təsnifat
Български класификация
Català classificació
Cymraeg dosbarthiad
Esperanto klasado
Español clasificación
فارسی رده‌بندی
Français classification
Gaeilge aicmiú
עברית סיווג תואר
हिन्दी वर्गीकरण
Bahasa Indonesia klasifikasi
Italiano classificazione
ქართული კლასიფიკაცია
한국어 구분 분류 분별 선별 종별
Latina descriptio
Lietuvių klasifikacija
Latviešu klasifikācija
Македонски класификација
മലയാളം വർഗ്ഗീകരണം
मराठी वर्गीकरण
Bahasa Melayu pengelasan
Nederlands classificatie
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਰਗੀਕਰਨ
Polski klasyfikacja
Português classificação
Kiswahili uainishaji
ไทย วิภาค
Tiếng Việt phân loại

Examples

“Near-synonyms: categorization, typing”
“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.”
“1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN 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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See all C2 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See classification used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free