Associations to the word «Classifier»

Wiktionary

CLASSIFIER, noun. Someone who classifies.
CLASSIFIER, noun. (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.
CLASSIFIER, noun. A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density

Dictionary definition

CLASSIFIER, noun. A person who creates classifications.
CLASSIFIER, noun. A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky