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- DictionaryCat·e·go·ry/ˈkadəˌɡôrē/
noun
- 1. a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics: "five categories of intelligence"
- 2. one of a possibly exhaustive set of classes among which all things might be distributed.
noun. a class or group of things, people, etc, possessing some quality or qualities in common; a division in a system of classification. metaphysics any one of the most basic classes into which objects and concepts can be analysed.
A category is a group of things that share some commonality. Think of the game show "Jeopardy!," and how each column is a different category of questions — like "Literary Characters" or "Potent Potables." The noun category has the sense of ordering or sorting. In Biology, the science of taxonomy is all about categorizing all living organisms.
1 day ago · category in American English. (ˈkætɪˌɡɔri, -ˌɡouri) noun Word forms: plural -ries. 1. any general or comprehensive division; a class. 2. a classificatory division in any field of knowledge, as a phylum or any of its subdivisions in biology. 3. Metaphysics.
Definition of category noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. /ˈkæt̮əˌɡɔri/ (pl. categories) a group of people or things with particular features in common synonym class Students over 25 fall into a different category. The results can be divided into three main categories. Definitions on the go.
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)
noun [ C ] uk / ˈkætəɡ ə ri / us. Add to word list. B2. a group of people or things of a similar type: Our customers fall into two main categories: retired people and housewives. Fewer examples. As a writer he didn't really fit into any category. There are three categories of accommodation - standard, executive and deluxe.
