classifying

Definitions

The act of arranging items or information into groups based on shared characteristics or categories.

The process of assigning a specific rank, status, or label to something.

Examples

The biologist spent the afternoon classifying the various species of insects found in the rainforest.

Classifying these documents by date will make it much easier to find the information we need later.

The software is capable of classifying images based on their content with remarkable accuracy.

Synonyms

categorizing sorting grouping labeling organizing indexing grading

Antonyms

mixing jumbling disorganizing scrambling confusing integrating unifying