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noun
- 1. a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics: "the various categories of research"
- 2. each of a possibly exhaustive set of classes among which all things might be distributed.
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(in a system for dividing things according to appearance, quality, etc.) a type, or a group of things having some features that are the same: There are three categories of accommodation - standard, executive, and deluxe. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. a group of people or things that share similar qualities.
1. : any of several fundamental and distinct classes to which entities or concepts belong. Taxpayers fall into one of several categories. 2. : a division within a system of classification. She competed for the award in her age category. Synonyms. bracket. classification. division. family. genus. grade. group. kind. league. order. rank (s) rubric.
noun. a class or group of things, people, etc, possessing some quality or qualities in common; a division in a system of classification. metaphysics any one of the most basic classes into which objects and concepts can be analysed.
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.
(in a system for dividing things according to appearance, quality, etc.) a type, or a group of things having some features that are the same: There are three categories of accommodation - standard, executive, and deluxe. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. a group of people or things that share similar qualities.
noun Word forms: plural -ries. 1. a class or group of things, people, etc, possessing some quality or qualities in common; a division in a system of classification. 2. metaphysics. any one of the most basic classes into which objects and concepts can be analysed. 3.
1. A specifically defined division in a system of classification; a class. 2. A general class of ideas, terms, or things that mark divisions or coordinations within a conceptual scheme, especially: a. Aristotle's modes of objective being, such as quality, quantity, or relation, that are inherent in all things. b.
Category Definition. A class or division in a scheme of classification. A general class of ideas, terms, or things that mark divisions or coordinations within a conceptual scheme, especially: Any of the various basic concepts into which all knowledge can be classified.
Definition of category noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
category meaning, definition, what is category: a group of people or things that are all...: Learn more.
