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- DictionaryCat·e·go·rize/ˈkadəɡəˌrīz/
verb
- 1. place in a particular class or group: "odors have been categorized into only seven basic groups"
Categorize definition: to arrange in categories or classes; classify.. See examples of CATEGORIZE used in a sentence.
To categorize is to put something into a category. When you think of categorizing things, imagine taking a pile of marbles and putting them into little boxes by color. You are sorting things by how they are alike. Scientists categorize animals and plants by their properties.
2 days ago · verb. If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to. Lindsay, like his films, is hard to categorise. [VERB noun] Make a list of your child's toys and then categorise them as sociable or antisocial. [VERB noun , VERB noun as noun] ...new ways of categorizing information. [VERB -ing]
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English cat‧e‧go‧rize (also categorise British English) / ˈkætəɡəraɪz/ verb [ transitive] to put people or things into groups according to the type of person or thing they are SYN classify The population is categorized according to age, sex, and social group. categorize something/somebody as something ...
to put people or things into groups according to what type they are synonym classify. categorize somebody/something Participants were categorized according to age. categorize somebody/something as something His latest work cannot be categorized as either a novel or an autobiography. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Categorize definition, to arrange in categories or classes; classify. See more.
to describe by labeling or giving a name to; characterize. Also, [ esp. Brit.,] cat′e•go•rise′. categor ( y) + - ize 1695–1705. cat•e•go•rist (kat′ i gôr′ist, -gōr′-), n. cat′e•go•ri•za′tion, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: categorize, categorise /ˈkætɪɡəˌraɪz/ vb. ( transitive) to place in a category; classify.
