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verb

1. arrange or order by classes or categories (Freq. 3)
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
• Syn:
classify, class, sort, assort, separate
• Derivationally related forms:
assortment (for: assort), sort (for: sort), sorter (for: sort), sorting (for: sort), class (for: class), classificatory (for: classify), class (for: classify), classification (for: classify), classifier (for: classify)
• Hypernyms:
categorize, categorise
• Hyponyms:
unitize, unitise, catalogue, catalog, isolate,
refer, reclassify, size, dichotomize, dichotomise, pigeonhole,
stereotype, stamp, group, grade, count, number
• Entailment:
compare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. make free from confusion or ambiguity;
make clear (Freq. 2)
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
• Syn:
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise,
crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
• Derivationally related forms:
elucidative (for: elucidate), lucidity (for: elucidate), elucidation (for: elucidate), illumination (for: illuminate)
• Hypernyms:
clarify, clear up, elucidate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
• Syn:
discipline, correct
• Derivationally related forms:
corrigible (for: correct), corrective (for: correct), correction (for: correct), discipline (for: discipline)
• Hypernyms:
punish, penalize, penalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody