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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Based on total weekly activity time, participants were placed into three categories.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
It’s the first time since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 that all three hedge-fund categories registered declines greater than 1% on the same day.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Those measures include performance indicators in categories like people, culture, operations and product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
When he was bored during the pandemic, Yankovic made it his mission to find the city’s best culinary offerings for categories like doughnuts and chocolate chip cookies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Since he’s leading the conference in all categories, no one seems to mind that he was acting bonkers for most of the school year.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
