CLASSIFIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classifier mean? 

• CLASSIFIER (noun)
  The noun CLASSIFIER has 2 senses:

1. a person who creates classifications

2. a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs

  Familiarity information: CLASSIFIER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSIFIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who creates classifications

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

thinker (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))

Derivation:

classify (arrange or order by classes or categories)

classify (assign to a class or kind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

morpheme (minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units)

Derivation:

classify (assign to a class or kind)