"categorize" meaning in English

See categorize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: categorizes [present, singular, third-person], categorizing [participle, present], categorized [participle, past], categorized [past]
Etymology: category + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|category|ize}} category + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} categorize (third-person singular simple present categorizes, present participle categorizing, simple past and past participle categorized)
  1. (transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes. Tags: transitive Synonyms: categorise (english: non-Oxford British spelling) Related terms: category, categorisation, categorization Translations (to assign a category): դասակարգել (dasakargel) (Armenian), categoritzar (Catalan), 分類 (Chinese Mandarin), 分类 (fēnlèi) (Chinese Mandarin), kategorizovat (Czech), kategorisere (Danish), kategoriigi (Esperanto), luokitella (Finnish), classer (French), classifier (French), catégoriser (French), categorizar (Galician), kategorisieren (German), ταξινομώ (taxinomó) (Greek), κατηγοριοποιώ (katigoriopoió) (Greek), קטלג (qitlég) (Hebrew), סִוֵּג (sivvég) (Hebrew), flokka (Icelandic), draga í dilka (Icelandic), klasigar (Ido), kategoriizar (Ido), categorizzare (Italian), 分類する (bunrui suru) (alt: ぶんるいする) (Japanese), whakarōpū (Maori), whakakāwai (Maori), kategorisere (Norwegian Bokmål), kategorisere (Norwegian Nynorsk), categorizar (Portuguese), categorisi (Romanian), классифици́ровать (klassificírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), категоризи́ровать (kategorizírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), categorizar (Spanish), kategorisera (Swedish)

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          "sense": "to assign a category",
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          "sense": "to assign a category",
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to assign a category",
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "to assign a category",
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          "sense": "to assign a category",
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          "sense": "to assign a category",
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
      "word": "kategorisieren"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
      "word": "ταξινομώ"
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
      "word": "סִוֵּג"
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
      "word": "flokka"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
      "word": "draga í dilka"
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
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      "sense": "to assign a category",
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