classification
Sayklas-i-fi-KAY-shuhn/ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Pluralclassifications
- 1The act of arranging things into groups or classes according to shared qualities or relationships.
Like sorting mail into labeled bins so each letter ends up alongside others of its kind.
The classification of plants by their flowering patterns took botanists many years.
Her job involved the classification of customer complaints into recurring categories.
Similarcategorization, grouping, sorting, ordering, arrangement
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Origin
The word was borrowed from French classification.