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- Dictionarycategorize/ˈkatɪɡərʌɪz/
verb
- 1. place in a particular class or group: "silk is categorized as a luxury import"
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CATEGORIZE definition: 1. to put people or things into groups with the same features: 2. to put people or things into…. Learn more.
The meaning of CATEGORIZE is to put into a category : classify. How to use categorize in a sentence.
To categorize is to put something into a category. When you think of categorizing things, imagine taking a pile of marbles and putting them into little boxes by color. You are sorting things by how they are alike. Scientists categorize animals and plants by their properties.
to put people or things into groups of people or things that have the same features: categorize sb/sth as sth You can categorize your company's strategy as a reactor, defender, analyzer, or prospector. categorize sth into sth The Trade Reform Programme can be categorized into six major areas of activity.
Define categorize. categorize synonyms, categorize pronunciation, categorize translation, English dictionary definition of categorize. tr.v. cat·e·go·rized , cat·e·go·riz·ing , cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat′e·go·riz′a·ble adj. cat′e·go·ri·za′tion n....
CATEGORY definition: 1. (in a system for dividing things according to appearance, quality, etc.) a type, or a group of…. Learn more.
Synonyms for CATEGORIZE: classify, rank, distinguish, relegate, group, type, distribute, sort; Antonyms of CATEGORIZE: lump, confuse, mix (up), scramble, disarrange, jumble, misclassify, mistype.
If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to. Lindsay, like his films, is hard to categorise. [ VERB noun ]
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English cat‧e‧go‧rize (also categorise British English) / ˈkætəɡəraɪz/ verb [ transitive] to put people or things into groups according to the type of person or thing they are SYN classify The population is categorized according to age, sex, and social group. categorize something/somebody as something ...
A category is a group of things that share some commonality. Think of the game show "Jeopardy!," and how each column is a different category of questions — like "Literary Characters" or "Potent Potables." The noun category has the sense of ordering or sorting.
