categorize

[ kat-i-guh-rahyz ]

/ ˈkæt ɪ gəˌraɪz /

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verb (used with object), cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing.

to arrange in categories or classes; classify.

to describe by labeling or giving a name to; characterize.

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Also especially British, cat·e·go·rise .

Origin of categorize

First recorded in 1695–1705; categor(y) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM categorize

cat·e·go·rist

[kat-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-], /ˈkæt ɪˌgɔr ɪst, -ˌgoʊr-/, nouncat·e·go·ri·za·tion, nounde·cat·e·go·ri·za·tion, nounde·cat·e·go·rize, verb (used with object), de·cat·e·go·rized, de·cat·e·go·riz·ing.

mis·cat·e·go·rize, verb (used with object), mis·cat·e·go·rized, mis·cat·e·go·riz·ing.mis·cat·e·go·rized, adjectivere·cat·e·go·rize, verb (used with object), re·cat·e·go·rized, re·cat·e·go·riz·ing.sub·cat·e·go·ri·za·tion, nounun·cat·e·go·rized, adjective

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How to use categorize in a sentence

Roughly half of Stryker’s business can be categorized as “elective procedures,” but as those procedures continue to come back, analyst estimates project its revenues growing more than 13% in 2021.
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Indigenous voters have often been overlooked by both political parties and categorized as “something else” by the media.
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Review your ability to categorize data you collect, process or store.
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The four other members of the Raiders’ starting offensive line and safety Johnathan Abram spent five days in quarantine after they were categorized as high-risk close contacts.
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Fellow running back Jamaal Williams and linebacker Kamal Martin were placed in five-day quarantines upon being categorized as high-risk close contacts.
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Actually for Conte, who has a passionate aversion to labeling, that may be a bit too much categorization for his liking.
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Instead, Scroppo said, “I based the [categorization of] semi-independent status on the test that I administered to him.”
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With conflict lines constantly shifting, the categorization of who got what and from where has become increasingly blurry.
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Part essay, part short story, part memoir, it defies categorization.
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The sound and fury existed in a mute silence, growing within the totality beyond categorization.
The Land of Look Behind|Paul Cameron Brown
I can attempt its categorization in hope of dispelling the fear of the unknown.
The Land of Look Behind|Paul Cameron Brown
"The point is that the level of categorization is not independent of who is doing the categorizing and on what basis" (p. 50).
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for categorize

categorize

categorise

/ (ˈkætɪɡəˌraɪz) /

verb

(tr) to place in a category; classify

Derived forms of categorize

categorization or categorisation, noun

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