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Etymology
From MF. catégorie, from LL. categoria, "class of predicables", from ancient Gr. κα�ηγο�ία, "head of predicables".

Pronunciation
IPA|/�kæt��goɹi/
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Noun
en-noun|categories

1. A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.

#: This steep and dangerous climb belongs to the most difficult category.
#: I wouldn't put this book in the same category as the author's first novel.

1. mathematics A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow.

#: One well-known category has sets as objects and functions as arrows.

Related terms
categorical
categorise, categorize
category theory
subcategory, supercategory
categorial

Synonyms
class
family
genus
group
kingdom
order
phylum
race
tribe
type

Translations
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Chinese: ��, 类�
Czech: kategorie f
Dutch: categorie f
Finnish: luokka, kategoria
French: catégorie f
German: Kategorie f
Greek: κα�ηγο�ία f (kat�goría)
Greek, Ancient: ������� f
Hebrew: ק���ר�� (qat'egoria) f
Italian: categoria f
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Japanese: ��(���, bumon), �� (bunrui), 種� (shubetsu)
Latin: categoria f
Portuguese: categoria f
Russian: ка�его�и� (kat'egórija)f
Slovene: kategorija f
Swedish: kategori c
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trans-top|collection in math
Czech: kategorie f
Dutch: categorie f
Finnish: kategoria
French: catégorie f
German: Kategorie f
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Greek: κα�ηγο�ία f (kat�goría)
Italian: categoria f
Russian: ка�его�и� (kat'egórija)f
Swedish: kategori c
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ttbc|CJK Characters: �, 类
ttbc|Korean: 카�고리, �주
ttbc|Norwegian: kategori
ttbc|Novial: kategorie
ttbc|Spanish: categoría f

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