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CLASSIFIER

Dictionary entry overview: What does classifier mean?

• CLASSIFIER (noun)
The noun CLASSIFIER has 2 senses:

1. a person who creates classifications
2. a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class in which an item belongs

Familiarity information: CLASSIFIER used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLASSIFIER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person who creates classifications

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("classifier" is a kind of...):

thinker (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))

Sense 2

classifier ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class in which an item belongs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("classifier" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

morpheme (minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units)

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