categorization

[kat-i-guh-rahyz]

cat·e·go·rize

[kat-i-guh-rahyz]
verb (used with object), cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing.
1.
to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
2.
to describe by labeling or giving a name to; characterize.
Also, especially British, cat·e·go·rise.


Origin:
1695–1705; categor(y) + -ize

cat·e·go·rist [kat-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-] , noun
cat·e·go·ri·za·tion, noun
de·cat·e·go·ri·za·tion, noun
de·cat·e·go·rize, verb (used with object), de·cat·e·go·rized, de·cat·e·go·riz·ing.
mis·cat·e·go·rize, verb (used with object), mis·cat·e·go·rized, mis·cat·e·go·riz·ing.
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mis·cat·e·go·rized, adjective
re·cat·e·go·rize, verb (used with object), re·cat·e·go·rized, re·cat·e·go·riz·ing.
sub·cat·e·go·ri·za·tion, noun
un·cat·e·go·rized, adjective
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Categorization is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
categorize or categorise (ˈkætɪɡəˌraɪz)
 
vb
(tr) to place in a category; classify
 
categorise or categorise
 
vb
 
categori'zation or categorise
 
n
 
categori'sation or categorise
 
n

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