reclassify

[ ree-klas-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

reclassified, reclassifying.

1. to classify anew.
2. to change the security classification of (information, a document, etc.).

Other Words From

• re·classi·fi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reclassify¹

First recorded in 1915–20; re- + classify

Example Sentences

Well, the announcement this week is that he is reclassifying to become a member of the 2025 class, Chatsworth coach Sam Harris said Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times

Several legal grey areas will likely need to be resolved in court and could complicate a scheme to reclassify tens of thousands of civil servants as Schedule F or to fire them.

From Salon

Return of the Jedi was not the only film reclassified in the latest changes.

From BBC

That measure would undo parts of Proposition 47, a 2014 criminal justice reform measure approved by voters that reclassified some property and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.

From Los Angeles Times

Proposition 36 aims to retool parts of Proposition 47, a measure voters overwhelmingly passed in 2014 on the promise to relieve California’s overcrowded prisons by reclassifying some non-violent offenses from felonies to misdemeanors.

From Los Angeles Times