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CLASSIFICATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does classificatory mean?
• CLASSIFICATORY (adjective)
The adjective CLASSIFICATORY has 1 sense:
1. relating to or involving classification
Familiarity information: CLASSIFICATORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or involving classification
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
classificatory criteria
Pertainym:
classification (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)
Derivation:
classify (arrange or order by classes or categories)
classify (assign to a class or kind)
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