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cat·ego·ry (katə gôr′ē)

noun pl. categories -·ries

  1. a class or division in a scheme of classification
  2. 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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category Usage Examples

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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category quotes

   If there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer.

-Asimov, Isaac

  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.

-Ayer, SirAlfred Jules

Most British statesmen have either drunk too much or womanised too much. I never fell into the second category.

-George-Brown, George (Alfred) Brown, Baron

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