category

CEFRB1

/ˈkæ.tɪ.ɡə.ɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A group of people or things with similar qualities.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A 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.

Examples

  • His latest work belongs to a different category.

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

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈkʰæ.ɾəˌɡɔ.ɹi]
  • /-ɡɹi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • These are the nominees from each category.

  • I wouldn’t put this book in the same category as the author’s first novel.

  • One well-known category has sets as objects and functions as arrows.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.