| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade: bracket, grade, league, order, rank1, tier. See GROUP, VALUE. 2. A subdivision of a larger group: category, classification, order, set2. See GROUP. 3. Informal. High style in quality, manner, or dress: quality, refinement. See STYLE. 4. Degree of excellence: caliber, grade, quality. See BE, VALUE. | | VERB: | 1. To distribute into groups according to kinds: assort, categorize, classify, group, pigeonhole, separate, sort (out). See COLLECT. 2. To assign to a class or classes: categorize, classify, distribute, grade, group, pigeonhole, place, range, rank1, rate1. See GROUP, VALUE.
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