Classification — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

a group of people or things arranged by class or category

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kjˈuːbɐlˌeɪə/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈaɪsɛkt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈaɪsɛkt/

5 syllables Say it as /kjˈuːbɐlˌeɪə/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

compartmentalisation sorting compartmentalization categorisation categorization assortment

Antonyms

declassification

Word Forms

categorize	verb	place into or assign to a category
classify	verb	assign to a class or kind
compartmentalize	verb	separate into isolated compartments or categories
compartmentalise	verb	separate into isolated compartments or categories
assort	verb	arrange or order by classes or categories

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Einstufung

🇪🇸Spanish

clasificación

el acto de distribuir cosas en clases o categorías del mismo tipo

🇮🇹Italian

classificazione

l'atto di distribuire le cose in classi o categorie dello stesso tipo

🇳🇱Dutch

classificatie

de handeling waarbij dingen in klassen of categorieën van hetzelfde type worden verdeeld

🇵🇹Portuguese

classificação

o ato de distribuir coisas em classes ou categorias do mesmo tipo

🇷🇺Russian

классификация

акт распределения вещей по классам или категориям одного и того же типа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वर्गीकरण

चीज़ों को एक ही प्रकार के वर्गों या श्रेणियों में बाँटने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

শ্রেণীবিভাগ

একই ধরণের ক্লাস বা বিভাগে জিনিস বিতরণের কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

வகைப்பாடு

வகுப்புகள் அல்லது ஒரே வகை வகைகளில் பொருட்களை விநியோகிக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

వర్గీకరణ

ఒకే రకమైన తరగతులు లేదా వర్గాల్లో వస్తువులను పంపిణీ చేసే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

वर्गीकरण

समान प्रकारच्या वर्ग किंवा श्रेणींमध्ये गोष्टी वितरित करण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

વર્ગીકરણ

સમાન પ્રકારના વર્ગો અથવા વર્ગોમાં વસ્તુઓનું વિતરણ કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ವರ್ಗೀಕರಣ

ಒಂದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ವರ್ಗಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ವರ್ಗಗಳಾಗಿ ವಸ್ತುಗಳನ್ನು ವಿತರಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വർഗ്ഗീകരണം

ഒരേ തരത്തിലുള്ള ക്ലാസുകളിലേക്കോ വിഭാഗങ്ങളിലേക്കോ കാര്യങ്ങൾ വിതരണം ചെയ്യുന്ന പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਰਗੀਕਰਨ

ਸਮਾਨ ਕਿਸਮ ਦੀਆਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਣੀਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਣੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੰਡਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

درجہ بندی

چیزوں کو ایک ہی قسم کی کلاسوں یا زمروں میں تقسیم کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

分类

将事物分为相同类型的类或类别的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

分類

物事を同じタイプのクラスまたはカテゴリに分配する行為

🇰🇷Korean

분류

물건을 같은 유형의 클래스나 카테고리로 분류하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phân loại

hành động phân phối mọi thứ thành các lớp hoặc loại cùng loại

🇹🇭Thai

การจำแนกประเภท

การแบ่งสิ่งของออกเป็นประเภทหรือประเภทเดียวกัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

klasifikasi

tindakan mendistribusikan sesuatu ke dalam kelas atau kategori dengan tipe yang sama

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-uuri

ang pagkilos ng pamamahagi ng mga bagay sa mga klase o kategorya ng parehong uri

🇲🇾Malay

pengelasan

tindakan mengagihkan sesuatu ke dalam kelas atau kategori daripada jenis yang sama

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تصنيف

عملية توزيع الأشياء إلى فئات أو فئات من نفس النوع

🇮🇷Persian

طبقه بندی

عمل توزیع اشیا به طبقات یا دسته هایی از همان نوع

🇹🇷Turkish

sınıflandırma

şeyleri aynı türden sınıflara veya kategorilere dağıtma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִיוּן

פעולת הפצת דברים למחלקות או קטגוריות מאותו סוג

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