MEANING
To assign something to a different class or category.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reclassify a record
- reclassify a condition
On the page
The archive reclassified the record after identifying its purpose.
The condition was reclassified under revised criteria.
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Word forms
- Base
- reclassify
- Past tense
- reclassified
- Past participle
- reclassified
- Present participle
- reclassifying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reclassify
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reclassifying
- Present perfect
- have/has reclassified
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reclassifying
- Past
- reclassified
- Past continuous
- was/were reclassifying
- Past perfect
- had reclassified
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reclassifying
- Future
- will reclassify
- Future continuous
- will be reclassifying
- Future perfect
- will have reclassified
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reclassifying
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reclassify; reclassifies; reclassified; reclassified; reclassifying Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reclassifies.
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