RECLASSIFY (reclassified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: reclassified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does reclassify mean? 

• RECLASSIFY (verb)
  The verb RECLASSIFY has 1 sense:

1. classify anew, change the previous classification

  Familiarity information: RECLASSIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECLASSIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reclassify    ... he / she / it reclassifies   
Past simple: reclassified   
Past participle: reclassified   
-ing form: reclassifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Classify anew, change the previous classification

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species

Hypernyms (to "reclassify" is one way to...):

assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

The object was reclassified as an interstellar asteroid and named 1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua).

(ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before, ESO)

The majority of cases have been reclassified as gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinomas.

(Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)