categorize

American

[kat-i-guh-rahyz] / ˈkæt ɪ gəˌraɪz /

especially British, categorise

verb (used with object)

categorized, categorizing

to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
to describe by labeling or giving a name to; characterize.

categorize British

/ ˈkætɪɡəˌraɪz /

verb

(tr) to place in a category; classify

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Other Word Forms

categorist noun
categorization noun
decategorization noun
decategorize verb (used with object)
miscategorize verb (used with object)
miscategorized adjectivemiscategorized, miscategorizing
recategorize verb (used with object)
subcategorization noun
uncategorized adjective

Etymology

Origin of categorize

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

Example Sentences

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Roughly half of all participants who met the new obesity definition were categorized as having clinical obesity.

From Science Daily

Unlike the trails categorized above as “easy” or “moderate,” the trails here require you to plan ahead, bringing plenty of water and other supplies, looking over topography maps and reading trail reports.

From Los Angeles Times

How can you categorize and corral the unconscious?

From The Wall Street Journal

Stocks prefer rate cuts that are luxuries rather than emergencies—and we would categorize coming cuts as the former.

From Barron's

Wall Street categorizes metals as precious, base/industrial, and maybe “other” for the weird ones.

From Barron's

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