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Category Students Fall Results Broad Separate Noun ˈkætəɡəri

Word3 category
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈkætəɡəri/ /ˈkætəɡɔːri/
Example
  • these are the nominees from each category.
  • he competed in the youngest age category.
  • students over 25 fall into a different category.
  • the results can be divided into three broad categories.
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(noun)/ˈkætəɡəri/ /ˈkætəɡɔːri/
  1. a group of people or things with particular features in common
    • SYNONYM class
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/class_2
    • These are the nominees from each category.
    • He competed in the youngest age category.
    • Students over 25 fall into a different category.
    • The results can be divided into three broad categories.
    • It is not useful to divide schoolchildren into separate categories.
    • The film doesn't fit into any specific category.
    • You can filter the results by category.

    Extra Examples

    • The line includes more than 30 product categories.
    • Flutes form a separate category of wind instruments.
    • Intravenous drug users are in a high-risk category for hepatitis C.
    • Most of his ratings were in the highest category.
    • The cities investigated fell into two broad categories.
    • There's a separate category for children.
    • We have created a special category for part-time workers.
    • a higher category of prison
    • categories based on ethnic origin
    • the highest category of sexual assault
    • Students over 25 are included in a different category.
    • There are two main categories of homicide according to the law.
    • This case does not come within any of our established categories.
    • We cannot exclude whole categories of people from the legislation.
    • What subject category do the documents belong to?
    • Many of them fall into the same category.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English (in the philosophical sense): from French catégorie or late Latin categoria, from Greek katēgoria ‘statement, accusation’, from katēgoros ‘accuser’.
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