reclassify
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reclassify (third-person singular simple present reclassifies, present participle reclassifying, simple past and past participle reclassified)
- (transitive) To classify again; to give a new classification to.
- Synonym: reclass
- 2021 February 10, “Fleet News: CrossCountry boosts capacity by extending two-car Class 170/5s”, in RAIL, number 924, page 29:
- Two-car CrossCountry Class 170/5 diesel multiple units are being extended to three-car formations and reclassified as Class 170/6s, to boost capacity on the Birmingham-Stansted Airport route. So far, two have been reformed by Arriva TrainCare at Bristol Barton Hill and put back into traffic.
- (transitive, education) To change the graduation year of (a student) by reclassification.
- Synonym: reclass