"categorization" meaning in English

See categorization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌkæt.ə.ɡɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [General-American], /ˌkæt.ə.ɡər.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: categorizations [plural]
Etymology: From categorize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|categorize|ation}} categorize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} categorization (countable and uncountable, plural categorizations)
  1. A group of things arranged by category; a classification. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-categorization-en-noun-Vh2Fd8~V
  2. The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes): kategorizazio (Basque), categorització [feminine] (Catalan), kategorizace [feminine] (Czech), třídění [neuter] (Czech), klasifikace [feminine] (Czech), categoriseren [neuter] (Dutch), luokittelu (Finnish), catégorisation [feminine] (French), categorización [feminine] (Galician), Kategorisierung [feminine] (German), κατηγοριοποίηση (katigoriopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), ταξινόμηση (taxinómisi) [feminine] (Greek), κατάταξη (katátaxi) [feminine] (Greek), categorizzazione [feminine] (Italian), വർഗ്ഗീകരണം (vaṟggīkaraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), whakarōpūtanga (Maori), kategoryzacja [feminine] (Polish), klasyfikacja [feminine] (Polish), categorização [feminine] (Portuguese), categorisire (Romanian), категоризация (kategorizacija) [feminine] (Russian), categorización [feminine] (Spanish), ìpínsísọ̀rí (Yoruba)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: categorisation [British, mainly] Derived forms: autocategorization, decategorization, miscategorization, overcategorization, recategorization, subcategorization, supercategorization Related terms: category, categorize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κατάταξη"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "categorizzazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vaṟggīkaraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "word": "വർഗ്ഗീകരണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "word": "whakarōpūtanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kategoryzacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klasyfikacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "categorização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "word": "categorisire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kategorizacija",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "категоризация"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "categorización"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes",
      "word": "ìpínsísọ̀rí"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "categorization"
  ],
  "word": "categorization"
}

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