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.
n. pl. taxÂ·onÂ·oÂ·mies. 1. The classification and naming of organisms in an ordered system that is intended to indicate natural relationships, especially evolutionary relationships. 2. The science, laws, or principles of classification. 3. An ordered arrangement of groups or categories: a taxonomy of literary genres.axonomy-a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc. hierarchy-a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; put honesty first in her hierarchy of values.