categories
Use Categories in a sentence
ɪˌgɔr noun, plural cat·e·go·ries.
1.
any general or comprehensive division; a class.
2.
a classificatory division in any field of knowledge, as a phylum or any of its subdivisions in biology.
3.
Metaphysics.
a.
(in Aristotelian philosophy) any of the fundamental modes of existence, such as substance, quality, and quantity, as determined by analysis of the different possible kinds of predication.
b.
(in Kantian philosophy) any of the fundamental principles of the understanding, as the principle of causation.
c.
any classification of terms that is ultimate and not susceptible to further analysis.
4.
categories, Also called Guggenheim. ( used with a singular verb ) a game in which a key word and a list of categories, as dogs, automobiles, or rivers, are selected, and in which each player writes down a word in each category that begins with each of the letters of the key word, the player writing down the most words within a time limit being declared the winner.
5.
6.
Grammar, part of speech.
Origin:
1580–90; < Late Latin catēgoria < Greek katēgoría accusation (also, kind of predication), equivalent to katḗgor(os) accuser, affirmer (katēgor(eîn) to accuse, affirm, literally, speak publicly against, equivalent to kata- cata- + -agoreîn to speak before the agora + -os noun suffix) + -ia -y3
1580–90; < Late Latin catēgoria < Greek katēgoría accusation (also, kind of predication), equivalent to katḗgor(os) accuser, affirmer (katēgor(eîn) to accuse, affirm, literally, speak publicly against, equivalent to kata- cata- + -agoreîn to speak before the agora + -os noun suffix) + -ia -y3
Synonyms
1. group, grouping, type.
1. group, grouping, type.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To categories
00:10
Categories
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
category (ˈkætɪɡərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | a class or group of things, people, etc, possessing some quality or qualities in common; a division in a system of classification |
| 2. | metaphysics any one of the most basic classes into which objects and concepts can be analysed |
| 3. | a. (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any one of ten most fundamental modes of being, such as quantity, quality, and substance |
| b. (in the philosophy of Kant) one of twelve concepts required by human beings to interpret the empirical world | |
| c. See also category mistake any set of objects, concepts, or expressions distinguished from others within some logical or linguistic theory by the intelligibility of a specific set of statements concerning them | |
| [C15: from Late Latin catēgoria, from Greek katēgoria, from kategorein to accuse, assert] | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
category
1588, from M.Fr. catégorie, from L.L. categoria, from Gk. kategorein "to accuse, assert, predicate," from kata "down to," + agoreuein "to declaim (in the assembly)," from agora "public assembly." Original sense of "accuse" weakened to "assert, name" by the time Aristotle applied kategoria to his
10 classes of things that can be named. Categorize is attested from 1705; categorization is from 1886.
"category should be used by no-one who is not prepared to state (1) that he does not mean class, & (2) that he knows the difference between the two ...." [Fowler]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Although there are dozens of varieties, pumpkins fall into two categories: those for carving and those for cooking.
There are five countries dragging down the continent, but you should think of them in two categories.
In foreign affairs, as in so much else, he was determined to break free of the old ideologies and categories.
The two alternations belong, then, to entirely different psychological categories.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
