category
noun
any general or comprehensive division; a class.
categories
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pluralof category.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Distinct patterns of neural activity contained information about different categories of words, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Unified are outperforming those of the state, with higher proficiency rates in key categories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Mr. Byrne’s categories are fairly arbitrary, as he admits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The second store bought about a dozen similar records for $2 each, again shunning the other categories.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
This summer, for example, pants may be capri, classic, carpenter, clam-digger, boot, or flood, depending on their length and cut, and I’m probably leaving a few categories out.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
