categorize
verb (used with object)
to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
have categorized
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present perfectof categorize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There’s also a song where I express that idea that many times people have categorized me as a bad character, “La Mala.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
The U.S. and EU have categorized the PKK as a terror group.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
Over the years, many people have categorized Ms. Lappé as a cookbook author or chef, like another of her contemporaries, the food activist Alice Waters.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021
Am I acknowledging and examining my own prejudices, my own rigid categorizations of others, thereby minimizing the adverse impact they might have on my interactions with those I have categorized?
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2021
Many other activities that psychologists have categorized as “motor skills” require more elaborate use of semantic memory: a tennis player must remember what a backhand and a ball toss are.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2015
