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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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Converse of object
- select: Start either by selecting the category of interest or using the generic search option.
Converse of subject
- browse: It can be browsed by category, or searched by common or Latin name.
Adjective modifier
- latter: In the latter category, one text stuck out.
Modifies a noun
- winner: From the twelve category winners one will be awarded the celebrated Winner of Winners award.
Noun used with modifier
- membership: The subscription cost for each membership category shall be determined at each Annual General Meeting.
Preposition: of
- membership: The Securities & Investment Institute is pleased to unveil a brand new category of membership: Affiliates!
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If there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer.
Sentences which simply express moral judgements do not say anything. Theyare pure expressions of feeling and as such donot come under the categoryof truth and falsehood.
Most British statesmen have either drunk too much or womanised too much. I never fell into the second category.
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