"recategorize" meaning in English

See recategorize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: recategorizes [present, singular, third-person], recategorizing [participle, present], recategorized [participle, past], recategorized [past], recategorise [alternative]
Etymology: From re- + categorize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re-|categorize}} re- + categorize Head templates: {{en-verb}} recategorize (third-person singular simple present recategorizes, present participle recategorizing, simple past and past participle recategorized)
  1. To categorize again, to put in a new or different category.

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