category

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.

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.

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

Translations

catégorie

Kategorie

categoria

categoría

categorie

κατηγορία

categoria

kategori

categoria

kategoria

Klasse

Rubrik

Gruppe

ceto

Gattung

Sentences

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