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Webster 1913 Edition
Classifier
Clas′si-fiˊer
,Noun.
One who classifies.
Syn. – To arrange; distribute; rank.
Definition 2024
classifier
classifier
English
Noun
classifier (plural classifiers)
- Someone who classifies.
- (linguistics) A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as Japanese and American Sign Language), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
- A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
- (computing) A program or algorithm that classifies.
- (object-oriented programming) Object which creates the class instances.
Translations
someone who classifies
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(linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class
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A machine that classifies
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(OOP)
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See also
- counter
- counting word
- measure word
French
Etymology
Verb
classifier
- to classify
Conjugation
Conjugation of classifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | classifier | avoir classifié | |||||
| gerund | en classifiant | en ayant classifié | |||||
| present participle | classifiant /kla.si.fjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | classifié /kla.si.fje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | classifie /kla.si.fi/ |
classifies /kla.si.fi/ |
classifie /kla.si.fi/ |
classifions /kla.si.fjɔ̃/ |
classifiez /kla.si.fje/ |
classifient /kla.si.fi/ |
| imperfect | classifiais /kla.si.fjɛ/ |
classifiais /kla.si.fjɛ/ |
classifiait /kla.si.fjɛ/ |
classifiions /kla.si.fi.jɔ̃/ |
classifiiez /kla.si.fi.je/ |
classifiaient /kla.si.fjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | classifiai /kla.si.fje/ |
classifias /kla.si.fja/ |
classifia /kla.si.fja/ |
classifiâmes /kla.si.fjam/ |
classifiâtes /kla.si.fjat/ |
classifièrent /kla.si.fjɛʁ/ |
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| future | classifierai /kla.si.fi.ʁe/ |
classifieras /kla.si.fi.ʁa/ |
classifiera /kla.si.fi.ʁa/ |
classifierons /kla.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
classifierez /kla.si.fi.ʁe/ |
classifieront /kla.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | classifierais /kla.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
classifierais /kla.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
classifierait /kla.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
classifierions /kla.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
classifieriez /kla.si.fi.ʁje/ |
classifieraient /kla.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | classifie /kla.si.fi/ |
classifies /kla.si.fi/ |
classifie /kla.si.fi/ |
classifiions /kla.si.fi.jɔ̃/ |
classifiiez /kla.si.fi.je/ |
classifient /kla.si.fi/ |
| imperfect1 |
classifiasse /kla.si.fjas/ |
classifiasses /kla.si.fjas/ |
classifiât /kla.si.fja/ |
classifiassions /kla.si.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
classifiassiez /kla.si.fja.sje/ |
classifiassent /kla.si.fjas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | classifie /kla.si.fi/ |
— | classifions /kla.si.fjɔ̃/ |
classifiez /kla.si.fje/ |
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