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classifiable

classifiable

1 4.9
Able to be put into groups by similar features
  • adjective
  • /ˈklæsɪfaɪəbl/
translation icon : clasificable
  • This concept requires that all print jobs be classifiable into some taxonomic hierarchy of data types.
  • classifiable as male

Story like the Rich Boy is very much about this kind of classifiable and generic type.

Examples

  • I think she means an easily classifiable public identity.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Story like the Rich Boy is very much about this kind of classifiable and generic type.

  • Research suggests complex interaction among shooters classifiable by skill level: Expert, Skilled, and Novice.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Excluding persons identified as having intense intermittent exposure and those who did not have appropriate residence data, a total of 1,839 individuals were classifiable by background exposure.

    Academic text (2012)
  • For example, Daniel Aaron, professor emeritus of Harvard University, notes rightly that "since the 1930s, American Studies has proliferated to the point that any topic classifiable as 'American' can camp under its hospitable umbrella." 7

    Academic text (1997)
  • The researchers created a system that made it easier to categorize animals into classifiable groups.

  • The dataset includes various species that are easily classifiable based on their habitat and behavior.

  • In the study, only those symptoms that are classifiable into distinct categories were analyzed.

Synonyms

typeable
vsclassifiable
  • Specialized
6.0

Can be told what group it belongs to by lab tests

is the broader ability to be arranged into general groups or categories

Antonyms

Not able to fit into any group

How Classifiable

classified
1 4.4
classifiable
1 4.9

Surface Forms

classifiable positive

Morphology

classifiable = classify (transparent) = class + ify + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'classify' with '-able'; the meaning 'able to be classified' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Classifiable comes from the root class meaning 'group', the verb part -ify meaning 'to make', and the ending -able meaning 'can be'. So something classifiable is 'able to be made into groups', which is why it means it can be put into clear categories.