"category" meaning in English

See category in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkætəˌgori/ Audio: en-us-category.ogg [US] Forms: category [singular], categories [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=categories}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A category is a group of people or things that are the same in some way.
    Sense id: simple-category-en-noun-Zq7QWguK
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "category",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "categories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "2": "categories"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The music business tries to put music into various categories, such as rock, pop, jazz, etc."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A category is a group of people or things that are the same in some way."
      ],
      "id": "simple-category-en-noun-Zq7QWguK",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkætəˌgori/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-category.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "category"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "category",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "categories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "2": "categories"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The music business tries to put music into various categories, such as rock, pop, jazz, etc."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A category is a group of people or things that are the same in some way."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkætəˌgori/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-category.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "category"
}

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