category

Meaning

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, and such that arrow composition is associative.

Synonyms

class

kind

type

group

sort

variety

order

division

rank

grade

classification

rubric

branch

family

👪

species

rating

denomination

column

section

set

form

rate

part

heading

department

range

bracket

nomination

field

party

🥳

position

predicament

race

ranking

rap

realm

scale

sect

sorting

style

subsumption

taxon

trim

year

social rank

subordinate to

organize into groups

gang-up

standard

schema category

accusation

assortment

belong to

caliber

capitulary

caste

categorisation

categorization

charge

classroom

cluster

company

complaint

condition

crisis

direct

entity

flock

genre

genus

grouping

herd

instruct

manner

neatness

notion

orderliness

pair

Translations

categorie

catégorie

Kategorie

categoría

kategori

Klasse

klasse

Gruppe

Rubrik

classe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkætəˌɡɔɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

Late Middle English, borrowed from French catégorie, from Middle French categorie, from Late Latin catēgoria (“class of predicables”), from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “head of predicables”). Doublet of categoria.

Sentences

Another influential category is the Korean horror films , commonly referred to as "K-horror".