- [uncountable] the act or process of putting people or things into a group or class (= of classifying them)
- a style of music that defies classification (= is like no other)
Extra Examples- a style of dancing that defies classification
- the broad classification of music into classical and pop
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- [countable] a group, class, division, etc. into which somebody or something is put
- a document with the security classification ‘confidential’
- The material was put into the highest security classification.
- These messages could be said to fall under the classification of ‘abuse’.
- Electric bikes are in the same classification as mopeds.
- The classification ‘science’ covers a great many different subjects.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
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- [uncountable] (biology) the act of putting animals, plants, etc. into groups, classes or divisions according to their characteristics
- The classification of bony fish is extremely complicated.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
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- [countable] (specialist) a system of arranging books, tapes, magazines, etc. in a library into groups according to their subjectOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
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