CLASSIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classification mean? 

• CLASSIFICATION (noun)
  The noun CLASSIFICATION has 4 senses:

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

2. a group of people or things arranged by class or category

3. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

4. restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

  Familiarity information: CLASSIFICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

assortment; categorisation; categorization; classification; compartmentalisation; compartmentalization

Hypernyms ("classification" is a kind of...):

grouping (the activity of putting things together in groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classification"):

indexing (the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve)

reclassification (classifying something again (usually in a new category))

relegation (the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category)

stratification (the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata)

taxonomy (practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships)

typology (classification according to general type)

Derivation:

classify (arrange or order by classes or categories)

classify (assign to a class or kind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of people or things arranged by class or category

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

categorisation; categorization; classification

Hypernyms ("classification" is a kind of...):

arrangement (an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classification"):

dichotomy; duality (being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses)

trichotomy (being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses)

Derivation:

classify (arrange or order by classes or categories)

classify (assign to a class or kind)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

categorisation; categorization; classification; sorting

Hypernyms ("classification" is a kind of...):

basic cognitive process (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classification"):

coordination (being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree)

appraisal; assessment (the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth)

ascription; attribution (assigning to a cause or source)

ascription; attribution (assigning some quality or character to a person or thing)

cross-classification; cross-division (classification according to more than one attribute at the same time)

subsumption (incorporating something under a more general category)

Derivation:

classify (arrange or order by classes or categories)

classify (assign to a class or kind)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("classification" is a kind of...):

confinement; restriction (the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary))

Antonym:

declassification (reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon)

Derivation:

classify (declare unavailable, as for security reasons)

 Context examples 

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the conjunctiva, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Melanoma of the Conjunctiva Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the conjunctiva, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Melanoma of the Conjunctiva Clinical Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the conjunctiva, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Melanoma of the Conjunctiva Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the iris, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Melanoma of the Iris Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Melanoma of the Uvea Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Melanoma of the Uvea Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the conjunctiva, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Melanoma of the Conjunctiva Clinical Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the conjunctiva, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Melanoma of the Conjunctiva Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Exactly. A rough classification may be the best that we can attempt.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of ampulla of Vater cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Ampulla of Vater Cancer Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)