noun
1. a group of people or things arranged by class or category
• Syn: ↑classification, ↑categorization
• Derivationally related forms: ↑categorize (for: ↑categorization), ↑classify (for: ↑classification)
• Hypernyms: ↑arrangement
• Hyponyms: ↑dichotomy, ↑duality, ↑trichotomy
2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
• Syn: ↑classification, ↑categorization, ↑sorting
• Derivationally related forms: ↑categorize (for: ↑categorization), ↑classify (for: ↑classification)
• Hypernyms: ↑basic cognitive process
• Hyponyms:
↑coordination, ↑appraisal, ↑assessment, ↑attribution, ↑ascription, ↑cross-classification, ↑cross-division, ↑subsumption
3. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
• Syn: ↑categorization, ↑classification, ↑compartmentalization, ↑compartmentalisation, ↑assortment
• Derivationally related forms: ↑assort (for: ↑assortment), ↑compartmentalise (for: ↑compartmentalisation), ↑compartmentalize (for: ↑compartmentalization), ↑classify (for: ↑classification), ↑categorize (for: ↑categorization)
• Hypernyms: ↑grouping
• Hyponyms: ↑indexing, ↑reclassification, ↑relegation, ↑stratification, ↑taxonomy, ↑typology
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categorizaˈtion or categorisaˈtion noun
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Main Entry: ↑category
Useful english dictionary. 2012.