Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To put into a category or categories; classify.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To place in a category or list; classify.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To assign a
category ; todivide intoclasses .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb place into or assign to a category
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Examples
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Homophobia is also a social ill, and to dismiss the ads and the idea of same sex marriage as "silly" is to once again categorize gays and lesbians as second-class citizens, unworthy of the equal protections of the laws of this country.
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But I agree that it is difficult work to categorize, which is why words like interstitial were invented.
Life, and What You Make It yuki_onna 2006
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I hate trying to "categorize" people, so please do not get offended by any of the categories.
Who are you? ReBecca Foster 2008
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I hate trying to "categorize" people, so please do not get offended by any of the categories.
Archive 2008-11-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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Do you kind of categorize these animals, like we found this pet in the Lower Ninth Ward area or we found this pet in the Slidell area?
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I kind of categorize them because I'm an anthropologist.
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Childress admits he doesn't know how to "categorize" this situation given it isn't exactly the norm.
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Childress admits he doesn't know how to "categorize" this situation given it isn't exactly the norm.
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Basically, tags give Quicken users a way to "categorize" transactions outside of, and across, categories.
Money Musings 2010
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Feel free to use your creativity on how to best "categorize" your short film that tells the story of success or progress in developing countries.
AWID RSS Feed 2010
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