Use stoa in a sentence. pl. stoâ²ae or stoâ²as. a portico, as in ancient Greece, having a wall on one side and pillars on the other. Origin of stoa.
Definition of classify for English Language Learners. : 1  to arrange (people or things) into groups based on ways that they are alike. : 2  to consider (someone or something) as belonging to a particular group.
The noun CLASSIFICATION has 4 senses: 1. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type. 2. a group of people or things arranged by class or category. 3. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories.4. restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people. Familiarity information: CLASSIFICATION used as a noun is uncommon.. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type. 2. a group of people or things arranged by class or category. 3. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories.