Definitions for categorize
ˈkæt ɪ gəˌraɪzcat·e·go·rize

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. categorize, categoriseverb

   place into or assign to a category

   "Children learn early on to categorize"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. categorizeverb

   To assign a category; to divide into classes.

   First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions.

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1. categorize

   Categorization is the ability and activity of recognizing shared features or similarities between the elements of the experience of the world (such as objects, events, or ideas), organizing and classifying experience by associating them to a more abstract group (that is, a category, class, or type), on the basis of their traits, features, similarities or other criteria that are universal to the group. Categorization is considered one of the most fundamental cognitive abilities, and as such it is studied particularly by psychology and cognitive linguistics. Categorization is sometimes considered synonymous with classification (cf., Classification synonyms). Categorization and classification allow humans to organize things, objects, and ideas that exist around them and simplify their understanding of the world. Categorization is something that humans and other organisms do: "doing the right thing with the right kind of thing." The activity of categorizing things can be nonverbal or verbal. For humans, both concrete objects and abstract ideas are recognized, differentiated, and understood through categorization. Objects are usually categorized for some adaptive or pragmatic purposes. Categorization is grounded in the features that distinguish the category's members from nonmembers. Categorization is important in learning, prediction, inference, decision making, language, and many forms of organisms' interaction with their environments.

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1. categorize

   To categorize means to arrange or classify something into particular groups or classifications based on their shared qualities, characteristics, features or attributes. It involves identifying the similarities and differences among various things and dividing them into organized segments to aid in understanding or analysis.

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1. Categorizeverb

   to insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of categorize in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of categorize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of categorize in a Sentence

1. Heiko Ostendorf:

   It's inhumane to categorize people who need help as either useful or useless.

2. Susannah Kintish:

   All eyes will be on the government as businesses await legislation on how to categorize their workforce – something which could still be a matter of years away.

3. John Fetterman:

   I don't mean to nitpick, but I wouldn't categorize John Fetterman as progressive, i consider John Fetterman a Democrat that's running on the same platform of ideas that every other Democrat in this race is running on. And I can't think of a Democrat running nationally that's running on anything functionally different in that regard.

4. Brad Duchaine:

   To categorize someone as prosopagnosic, the person must have difficulties in daily life.

5. Betsy Lauppe Rhodes:

   UCMP has been a great partner in that endeavor, they have assembled a tremendous team and lab to prepare and categorize the fossils and make them available for future generations.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=categorize
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Categorize
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorize
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/categorize
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=categorize