Definitions for categories
cat·e·gories

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.8 / 4 votes

1. categoriesnoun

   Plural form of category.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Categories

   of Category

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 7 votes

1. Categories

   The Categories is a text from Aristotle's Organon that enumerates all the possible kinds of things that can be the subject or the predicate of a proposition. They are "perhaps the single most heavily discussed of all Aristotelian notions". The work is brief enough to be divided, not into books as is usual with Aristotle's works, but into fifteen chapters. The Categories places every object of human apprehension under one of ten categories. Aristotle intended them to enumerate everything that can be expressed without composition or structure, thus anything that can be either the subject or the predicate of a proposition.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Categories

   are either classes under which all our Notions of things may be grouped, or classes under which all our Thoughts of things may be grouped; the former called Logical, we owe to Aristotle, and the latter called Metaphysical, we owe to Kant. The Logical, so derived, that group our notions, are ten in number: Substance or Being, Quantity, Quality, Relation, Place, Time, Position, Possession, Action, Passion. The Metaphysical, so derived, that group our thoughts, are twelve in number: (1) as regards quantity, Totality, Plurality, Unity; (2) as regards quality, Reality, Negation, Limitation; (3) as regards relation, Substance, Accident, Cause and Effect, Action and Reaction; (4) as regards modality, Possibility and Impossibility, Existence and Nonexistence, Necessity and Contingency. John Stuart Mill resolves the categories into five, Existence, Co-existence, Succession, Causation, and Resemblance.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'categories' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2975

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'categories' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4602

Anagrams for categories »

1. categorise

How to pronounce categories?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say categories in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of categories in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of categories in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of categories in a Sentence

1. Bill Gross:

   Be prepared for low returns in almost all asset categories.

2. Maurice Klaehne:

   While Apple has indeed added more launches this year, it has not hurt the company, in fact, looking at the most recent earnings reports, Apple increased revenues in all categories.

3. The USPS:

   Throughout the peak season, the Postal Service, along with the broader shipping sector, faced pressure on service performance across categories as it managed through a record of volume while also overcoming employee shortages due to the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases, winter storms in the Northeast, as well as ongoing capacity challenges with airlifts and trucking for moving historic volumes of mail.

4. Steve Pasierb:

   We're worried about how much of the 10 % tariff will get passed on to consumers across all categories. A lot of things are going to get more expensive, and toys aren't essential goods.

5. Jason Lipshutz:

   One of the byproducts of expanding the categories is that listeners might be introduced to songs and artists and albums that they might not have previously checked out, we've seen that in the past with the Grammys, where you have a kind of out of nowhere album of the year nomination.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Categories
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categories
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=categories
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Categories