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To '''classify''' is to things into groups of similar things.
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To '''classify''' is to put objects into groups with similar properties.
  
 
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Revision as of 06:57, 10 August 2018

Key Stage 1

Meaning

To classify is to put objects into groups with similar properties.

Singular Noun: Classification
Plural Noun: Classifications
Verb: Classify

About Classification

When we put things in groups we are classifying them. We put things in groups because it helps us organise the world.

Examples

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A builder classifies their bricks by colour and puts them into piles. A child classified their blocks by shape and colour and arranged them in rows and columns. A student classified animals by the sounds they made.