noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
general classification; broad categorization
Used for dividing things into a few large categories, often in academic or analytical contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.
日本の文学は、古典と現代に大別できる。
Japanese literature can be broadly divided into classical and modern.
調査結果を
We broadly classified the survey results into three groups.