Classification
Classification noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.
Usage example: dinosaur remains that do not fit any existing classification
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Synonyms for Classification
Set is a synonym for classification in group topic. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a noun "Classification".
Set
Set noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.
Usage example: the next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience
Classification is a synonym for set in group topic. Sometimes you can use "Classification" instead a noun "Set".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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This is the dog's modern taxonomic classification, but at the time the game is set in the accepted classification was Canis domesticus or Canis familiaris.
- And, of course, the Gen VI-introduced Fairy type is set to do this for the previous games, since it's introduced in-universe as a new classification, retconning several older Pokémon's types to be or include Fairy.
- The standards for stuff getting cut full stop back then were set by some very arbitrary means — if it gave John Trevelyan (British Board of Film Classification head from 1958 to 1971) a boner or made him sick (no matter how slight), it was cut.
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