Reclassified

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Assigned to a different category or class from an original classification
2. Moved from one group or category to another based on new criteria or information
3. Changed in designation by placing into a new class or category distinct from the prior one

Etymology: "Reclassified" is the past tense and past participle of "reclassify," so it is the form of the verb meaning to sort something into a new group after fresh information or new criteria have come to light. The verb is built simply from the prefix "re-," meaning again or anew, attached to "classify," which comes from the Latin "classis," a division of the Roman people, combined with the suffix "-fy," from Latin "facere," to make. To classify, then, is to make things into classes or sorts. The prefix "re-" traces back through Latin, where "re-" carried the same sense of repetition, and passed into English through Old French. The "re-" in "reclassify" is the same productive element found in countless verbs such as "rebuild" and "recount," which is why the formation feels so natural to English speakers.

Synonyms: reassigned, renamed, reorganized, recategorized, restructured

Antonyms: classified, designated, standardized, defined, identified