category
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- noun
- /ˈkætəˌɡɔri/
- Now, for our final and deciding round, the category is contemporary culture.
- different categories
- fall into a category
- a broad category
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Watch on YouTubeOK, 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
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A type of thing or person that has similar features
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A number of people or things seen as one unit
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A group of things or people that share the same features
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A group of people or things with a shared quality
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A kind of thing that has a particular shared feature
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A group of related animals, plants, or other things that share similar features
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A type of thing that has similar features
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A group of things that share the same features
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People or things that form one unit
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A group of living things that scientists put together, like a species or family
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A group of things that share common features
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A group of plants or animals put together because they share traits
Compounds
- Specialized
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The strongest hurricane level has winds so high they can destroy buildings
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A group of words that work the same in a sentence, like noun or verb
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A group of words that share grammar features like tense or number
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A rank in the classification of living things like species or family that shows how they are related
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A weight class in boxing for fighters between light flyweight and bantamweight
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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.