taxonomy

The process of sorting things into groups based on shared features.

• We need a taxonomy of customer complaints.
• The library’s taxonomy helps readers find related books.
• Different taxonomies organize the same information in different ways.

How to use it: a taxonomy of something (The study proposes a taxonomy of learning activities.)

Similar words: classification, categorization

Common phrases: taxonomy of something, content taxonomy, develop a taxonomy, methods of taxonomy

A system that places living things in groups according to their shared features.

• This chart shows the taxonomy of birds.
• New evidence changed the taxonomy of these plants.
• Students compared two taxonomies of the same animal group.

Similar words: classification

Common phrases: plant taxonomy, animal taxonomy, taxonomy of organisms

The scientific study of identifying, naming, and grouping living things.

• She studies taxonomy at university.
• Taxonomy gives newly discovered species scientific names.
• Genetic research has changed how scientists approach taxonomy.

Similar words: systematics

Common phrases: study taxonomy, biological taxonomy, taxonomy research