classification
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, kla-ˈsi-fə-
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bracket, category, class, division, family, genus, grade, group, kind, league, order, rank(s), rubric, set, species, tier, type
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Despite its name, the classification doesn’t stop at diseases but includes related health problems, which may be linked to a particular disease, or may be a symptom as part of a syndrome or even a consequence of a medical procedure. — Shahid Merali, Quartz, "What exactly is a disease?," 30 July 2019 Teams that level back down will never drop below the classification determined by the multiplier. — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, "AHSAA adopts significant change to competitive balance factor for private school teams," 26 July 2019 But the larger issue is the classification of locs and other natural Black hairstyles as extreme. — Shalwah Evans, Essence, "A Texas Teen's Fight With Six Flags’ Hair Policy Reinforces The Need For The CROWN Act," 10 July 2019 But telling people that their biologies come shrink-wrapped into classifications that make sense to us right now—an identity called Irish, for example, but not one called Babylonian, Scythian, or Axumite—is both bad history and bad science. — Charles King, Time, "American Students Are Taught Racism Is Bad—But They're Still Not Learning the Truth About Race," 6 Aug. 2019 Dominant and tonic chords (aka V and I chords) are the most common in classical music, playing a vital role in musical phraseology, and there are many variants within those two broad classifications. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Roll over, Beethoven: Decoding the maestro’s musical style with statistics," 3 Aug. 2019 Nunes had given a lengthy presentation on the Rob Fleming pool as well as information on state laws and pool classifications. — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, "Woodlands sets public hearing for Monday about possible pool changes," 2 Aug. 2019 The ship was back at port by around 8 p.m. and, following inspection by Coast Guard and classification society inspectors, was cleared to leave at about 1 a.m. Saturday, Lilburn said. — Brian Contreras, The Seattle Times, "Power outage that forced cruise ship back to Seattle was ‘very rare’ occurrence," 22 July 2019 Through this classification, the clubs also do not have to pay minimum wage and overtime. — New York Times, "Strippers Are Doing It for Themselves," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'classification.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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