English Dictionary
Definition of “category”
category (ˈkætɪɡərɪ
)
Definitions
noun
- a class or group of things, people, etc, possessing some quality or qualities in common; a division in a system of classification
- metaphysics any one of the most basic classes into which objects and concepts can be analysed
- (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any one of ten most fundamental modes of being, such as quantity, quality, and substance
- (in the philosophy of Kant) one of twelve concepts required by human beings to interpret the empirical world
- any set of objects, concepts, or expressions distinguished from others within some logical or linguistic theory by the intelligibility of a specific set of statements concerning them See also category mistake
Word Origin
C15: from Late Latin catēgoria, from Greek katēgoria, from kategorein to accuse, assert
Synonyms
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class,
grouping,
heading,
head,
order,
sort,
list,
department,
type,
division,
section,
rank,
grade,
classification,
genre,
Translations
- British English:
category
If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups according to their qualities and characteristics.There was one winner in each category.ˈkætɪɡərɪ NOUN There was one winner in each category.
- Spanish:
categoría
nf
- French:
catégorie
nf
- German:
Kategorie
nf
- Chinese: 种类 n
- Arabic: فِئَة n
- Portuguese: categoria nf
- Russian: категория nf
- Croatian: kategorija nf
- Czech: kategorie nf
- Danish: kategori nutr
- Dutch: categorie nf
- Finnish: kategoria n
- Greek: κατηγορία nf
- Italian: categoria nf
- Japanese: 部門 n
- Korean: 범주 n
- Norwegian: kategori nm
- Polish: kategoria nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: categoria nf
- European Spanish:
categoría
nf
- Swedish: kategori nutr
- Thai: หมวดหมู่ n
- Turkish: kategori n
- Vietnamese: loại n
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