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category

658 2.7
A group of things or people that have the same features
  • noun
  • /ˈkætəˌɡɔri/
translation icon : categoría
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Yeah, I would put myself in that category for sure.

  • Each skill is evaluated in one of the following categories: "Always," "Sometimes," and "Never."

    Academic text (2011)
  • We are on to the next category which is friends.

  • So now we have these two categories, world and earth.

  • Race, in other words, remains a powerful social category, intimately connected to health.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Milk is here and our first category is cereal.

  • Each theme has three subthemes, which represent the larger categories used in the analysis.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So the winner in this category is Andreas Cavuzzo.

  • Next up we have the giant category of IPA substyles.

  • The teacher organized the students into different categories based on their reading levels.

Synonyms

kind
vscategory
1.0

A type of thing or person that has similar features

is the wider neutral name for any such shared sort
group
vscategory
1.0

A number of people or things seen as one unit

is the classificatory unit based on shared characteristics rather than function
type
vscategory
1.0

A group of things or people that share the same features

is the broad grouping used for any shared characteristic
class
vscategory
1.8

A group of people or things with a shared quality

is the neutral general grouping for shared characteristics
family
vscategory
  • Specialized
155 4.0

A group of related animals, plants, or other things that share similar features

is the everyday grouping name used across many contexts
species
vscategory
148 2.9

A type of thing that has similar features

is the broader group term not limited to precise biological meaning
variety
vscategory
128 2.0

A kind of thing that has a particular shared feature

is the larger general class that contains such subcategories
classification
vscategory
22 3.7

A group of things that share the same features

names the actual group formed by that arrangement
grouping
vscategory
10 2.7

People or things that form one unit

is the fixed class those items belong to by similarity
genus
vscategory
3 7.5

A group of things that share common features

is the everyday grouping term not limited to science
taxon
vscategory
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A group of living things that scientists put together, like a species or family

is the general grouping term not restricted to taxonomy
biological group
vscategory
  • Specialized
3.4

A group of plants or animals put together because they share traits

is the general grouping word used both in and outside science

Compounds

category five
  • Specialized
4 6.3

The strongest hurricane level has winds so high they can destroy buildings

flyweight category
  • Specialized
6.5

A weight class in boxing for fighters between light flyweight and bantamweight

grammatical category
  • Specialized
5.7

A group of words that share grammar features like tense or number

syntactic category
  • Specialized
7.4

A group of words that work the same in a sentence, like noun or verb

taxonomic category
  • Specialized
6.8

A rank in the classification of living things like species or family that shows how they are related

How Specific

subtype
5 4.2
category
658 2.7
group
1.0

Surface Forms

category singular
categories plural

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.