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categorize

[ kat-i-guh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

categorized, categorizing.
  1. to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  2. to describe by labeling or giving a name to; characterize.


categorize

/ ˈæɪɡəˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to place in a category; classify
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱ𲵴ǰˈپDz, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ··· [kat, -i-gawr-ist, -gohr-], noun
  • e···tDz noun
  • de·e···tDz noun
  • ··· verb (used with object) decategorized decategorizing
  • ··· verb (used with object) miscategorized miscategorizing
  • ··· adjective
  • ··· verb (used with object) recategorized recategorizing
  • ܲc····tDz noun
  • ܲ··· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of categorize1

First recorded in 1695–1705; categor(y) + -ize
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Example Sentences

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They started categorizing me with sad and sentimental music.

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Even though cooking and storing food might seem like a necessity in order to live in any kind of housing situation, legally the appliances are categorized as amenities.

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The work of L.A.-based conceptual artist David Horvitz has never been easy to categorize.

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Yes, if you must categorize his music, then Croker is a true jazz artist.

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He insists he's merely trying to attack "waste and fraud" in the program, falsely claiming that $700 billion a year can be categorized this way.

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