| classify | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out | arrange or order by classes or categories.; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" |
| ~ unitise, unitize | separate or classify into units.; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency" |
| ~ catalogue, catalog | make an itemized list or catalog of; classify.; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives" |
| ~ compare | examine and note the similarities or differences of.; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" |
| ~ isolate | separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them. |
| ~ refer | think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another.; "This plant can be referred to a known species" |
| ~ reclassify | classify anew, change the previous classification.; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species" |
| ~ size | sort according to size. |
| ~ dichotomise, dichotomize | divide into two opposing groups or kinds. |
| ~ stereotype, pigeonhole, stamp | treat or classify according to a mental stereotype.; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" |
| ~ group | arrange into a group or groups.; "Can you group these shapes together?" |
| ~ categorise, categorize | place into or assign to a category.; "Children learn early on to categorize" |
| ~ grade | determine the grade of or assign a grade to. |
| ~ number, count | put into a group.; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" |
| v. (social) | 2. classify | declare unavailable, as for security reasons.; "Classify these documents" |
| ~ restrict | place under restrictions; limit access to.; "This substance is controlled" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. classify, relegate | assign to a class or kind.; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" |
| ~ attribute, assign | decide as to where something belongs in a scheme.; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" |
| lay away | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash | save up as for future use. |
| ~ lay aside, save up, save | accumulate money for future use.; "He saves half his salary" |
| set apart | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. assign, set apart, specify | select something or someone for a specific purpose.; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" |
| ~ choose, pick out, select, take | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| ~ dedicate | set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church. |
| ~ detail | assign to a specific task.; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station" |
| v. (change) | 2. isolate, keep apart, sequester, sequestrate, set apart | set apart from others.; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" |
| ~ disunite, separate, part, divide | force, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
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