Category

Noun

 * 1) A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
 * 2)  A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow.

Adjectives for Category
amiable; poetic; astonishing; definite; separate; neat; depressing; reasonable; odious; scholastic.

Verbs for Category
add to—; bring into—; disagree with—; discard—; exclude from—; express in—; group in—; interest in—; list in—; recognize—; reduce to—; regard—; relegate to—; understand—; upset—; —consists of; — deals with; —derives from; —differs from; —includes; —represents.

Synonyms for Category

 * class, family, genus, group, kingdom, order, phylum, race, tribe, type
 * heading, grade, division, concept, rank, form, denomination.

Derived terms

 * category mistake
 * category theory


 * conceptual category
 * perceptual category


 * subcategory
 * supercategory

Related terms

 * categorical


 * categorise / categorize


 * categorial

Thesaurus
area, blood, bracket, branch, caste, clan, class, classification, department, division, estate, grade, group, grouping, head, heading, kin, kind, label, league, level, list, listing, order, pigeonhole, position, predicament, race, rank, ranking, rating, rubric, section, sector, sept, set, sort, sphere, station, status, strain, stratum, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, tier, title, type, variety

Etymology
From catégorie: <  categoria: <  κατηγορία:

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Azeri: kateqoriya
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 類別, 类别, 分類, 分类, 範疇, 范畴
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κατηγορία (katēgoría)
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 部門, 分類, 種別, 範疇
 * Karakalpak:
 * Korean: 범주 (範疇), 분류 (分類)
 * Latin:
 * Marathi:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: categorie, categorii
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Zazaki:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: төркем
 * Turkish:
 * Uzbek: turkum
 * Yakut:


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: catégorie
 * German:
 * Greek: κατηγορία (katēgoría)


 * Irish:, earnáil
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 圏
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: هاوپۆل
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: