cat·e·go·ry (k t  -gôr  , -g r)n. pl. cat·e·go·ries 1. A specifically defined division in a system of classification; a class. 2. A general class of ideas, terms, or things that mark divisions or coordinations within a conceptual scheme, especially: a. Aristotle's modes of objective being, such as quality, quantity, or relation, that are inherent in everything. b. Kant's modes of subjective understanding, such as singularity, universality, or particularity, that organize perceptions into knowledge. c. A basic logical type of philosophical conception in post-Kantian philosophy. 3. Linguistics a. A classificatory structural unit or property of a language, such as a part of speech, verb phrase, or object. b. A specific grammatical defining property of a linguistic unit or class, such as number or gender in the noun and tense or voice in the verb. [French catégorie, from Old French, from Late Latin cat goria, class of predicables, from Greek katgori , accusation, charge, from katgorein, to accuse, predicate : kat-, kata-, down, against; see cata- + agoreuein, gor-, to speak in public (from agor, marketplace, assembly; see ger- in Indo-European roots).] |
category [ˈkætɪgərɪ]
n pl -ries
1. a class or group of things, people, etc., possessing some quality or qualities in common; a division in a system of classification
2. (Philosophy) Metaphysics any one of the most basic classes into which objects and concepts can be analysed
3. (Philosophy)
a. (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any one of ten most fundamental modes of being, such as quantity, quality, and substance
b. (in the philosophy of Kant) one of twelve concepts required by human beings to interpret the empirical world
c. any set of objects, concepts, or expressions distinguished from others within some logical or linguistic theory by the intelligibility of a specific set of statements concerning them See also category mistake
[from Late Latin catēgoria, from Greek katēgoria, from kategorein to accuse, assert]
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| Noun | 1. |  category - a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"grammatical category, syntactic category - (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties substitution class, paradigm - the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole brass family - (music) the family of brass instruments violin family - (music) the family of bowed stringed instruments woodwind family - (music) the family of woodwind instruments stamp - a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed" sex - either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes" declension - a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin" conjugation - a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms denomination - a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations" histocompatibility complex - a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response superphylum - (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass |
| 2. | category - a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances kind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" pigeonhole - a specific (often simplistic) category rubric - category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of `functional obesity'" way - a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" |
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category
n category [ˈkӕtəgəri]
a class or division of things (or people) various categories of goods on sale. kategorie فِئةٌ،طَبَقَةٌ، صِنْفٌ категория kategorie, druh gruppe; klasse; kategori die Kategorie κατηγορία categoría kategooria, sort گروه؛ طبقه kategoria, luokka catégorie קבוּצָה श्रेणी vrsta, kategorija osztály, kategória golongan, kategori flokkur, hópur, tegund categoria カテゴリー 분류 kategorija, rūšis kategorija katogeri categorie klasse, kategori, gruppe, avdeling kategoria categoria categorie категория kategória vrsta, kategorija kategorija kategori หมวด sınıf, kategori 種類，類別 категорія زمرہ ، قِسم ، نوع loại 种类
v categorize, ˈcategorise
to put (things or people) into a category. kategoriseer يُصَنِّفُ категоризирам kategorizovat, roztřídit gruppere; klassificere; kategorisere in eine Kategorie einteilen ταξινομώ clasificar liigitama طبقه بندی کردن luokitella classer par catégories לְסָווֵג कोटि में रखना, श्रेणी में रखना razvrstati kategorizál, osztályoz menggolongkan flokka, draga í dilk classificare 分類する 분류하다 klasifikuoti, rūšiuoti noteikt kategoriju mengkatogerikan categoriseren gruppere, kategorisere klasyfikować classificar a clasifica распределять по категориям triediť razvrstiti kategorizovati kategorisera จัดหมวดหมู่ sınıflandırmak 分類 розподіляти за категоріями اقسام میں تقسیم کرنا phân loại 分类
category → فئة kategorie kategori Kategorie κατηγορία categoría kategoria catégorie kategorija categoria 部門 범주 categorie kategori kategoria categoria категория kategori หมวดหมู่ kategori loại 种类
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