How do you use the word "category" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "category" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "category": It is reasonable to think that there exist other anomalies in this category. His latest work belongs to a different category.

Category Meaning

/ˈkæ.tɪ.ɡə.ɹi/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.

nounA collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.

Sentence Examples

It is reasonable to think that there exist other anomalies in this category.

His latest work belongs to a different category.

These are the nominees from each category.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

class family

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The award ceremony has a separate ____ for best action film of the year.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

In the bookstore, this novel belongs in the ____ of science fiction and fantasy.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂ Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ἀγορᾱ́ (agorā́) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor. Late Latin catēgoriader. Middle French categorie French catégoriebor. Middle English English category Late Middle English, borrowed from French catégorie, from Middle French categorie, from Late Latin catēgoria (“class of predicables”), from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “head of predicables”). Doublet of categoria.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The traditional way of describing the similarities and differences between constituents is to say that they belong to categories of various types. Thus, words like boy, girl, man, woman, etc. are traditionally said to belong to the category of Nouns, whereas words like a, the, this, and that are traditionally said to belong to the category of Determiners." — 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 51:

"The use of the word ‘factor’ shows the explicit intention of categorists to work with functions in an algebraic manner: a category is an algebra of functions." — 1995, Michael Barr with Charles Wells, Category Theory for Computing Science, 2nd edition, Cambridge, Great Britain: Prentice Hall, §2.8.9, page 46:

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