category
- noun
- /ˈkætəˌɡɔri/
- Now, for our final and deciding round, the category is contemporary culture.
- different categories
- fall into a category
- a broad category
OK, so round three, the category is big words.
- OK, so round three, the category is big words.
- Now you guys give me categories, say you're like colors.
- And then this third category is what is junk.
- And so that's like a broad category, but very important.
- In multiple states, the number one porn category is step.
- So the winner in this category is Andreas Cavuzzo.
- You know, there is no menopause category, nothing.
- And and there's this blurring of categories that he wants to resist.
- So guys, it's like you win in every category by doing this.
- You can see how quickly this category list is expanding.
- I'm pretty sure I'm in the later category, Chuck.
Examples
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Yeah, I would put myself in that category for sure.
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Each skill is evaluated in one of the following categories: "Always," "Sometimes," and "Never."
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We are on to the next category which is friends.
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So now we have these two categories, world and earth.
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Race, in other words, remains a powerful social category, intimately connected to health.
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Milk is here and our first category is cereal.
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Each theme has three subthemes, which represent the larger categories used in the analysis.
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So the winner in this category is Andreas Cavuzzo.
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Next up we have the giant category of IPA substyles.
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The teacher organized the students into different categories based on their reading levels.
Synonyms
A type of thing or person that has similar features
A number of people or things seen as one unit
A group of things or people that share the same features
A group of people or things with a shared quality
A group of related animals, plants, or other things that share similar features
A type of thing that has similar features
A kind of thing that has a particular shared feature
A group of things that share the same features
People or things that form one unit
A group of things that share common features
A group of living things that scientists put together, like a species or family
A group of plants or animals put together because they share traits
Compounds
- Specialized
The strongest hurricane level has winds so high they can destroy buildings
- Specialized
A weight class in boxing for fighters between light flyweight and bantamweight
- Specialized
A group of words that share grammar features like tense or number
- Specialized
A group of words that work the same in a sentence, like noun or verb
- Specialized
A rank in the classification of living things like species or family that shows how they are related
How Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word category comes from an old Greek word kategoria, which meant a 'statement' or a way to 'name' something. That's why a category is a named group or class of things that share the same features.