category
/ˈkæt.ɪˌɡoɹ.i/noun4 syllables
Category means: a collection of things sharing a common attribute.
Synonyms for category10
What does category mean?2
noun
1
a collection of things sharing a common attribute“there are two classes of detergents”
2
a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Category in a sentence
- All these books were organised by category, without regard to language.sundown
- All these books were organised by category, without differentiating the various languages.sundown
- Supermarket staffers are now in the category of heroic workers, like first responders.Hybrid
- Why people fall into these categories, however, is a mystery.unknown
- As a writer, she does not fit into any of the traditional categories.CM
- Teas are split into six categories: green, white, yellow, oolong, black, and dark.araneo
- It is reasonable to think that there exist other anomalies in this category.al_ex_an_der
- His latest work belongs to a different category.unknown
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Forms of category
as a noun
- plural
- categories