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cat·ego·ry (kat′ə gôr′ē)
noun pl. categories -·ries
- a class or division in a scheme of classification
- Logic any of the various basic concepts into which all knowledge can be classified
Etymology: LL categoria < Gr katēgoria < katēgorein, to accuse, assert, predicate < kata-, down, against + agoreuein, to declaim, address an assembly < agora, agora
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