verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To assign a category; to divide into classes. transitive

   "First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions."

2. 2
   place into or assign to a category wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

alphabetizeanalyzeappraisearrangeassessassort

Example

More examples

"I wouldn't categorize Tom that way."

Etymology

From category + -ize.

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