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Meaning of category in English
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/ˈkædəˌɡɔri/
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Noun
category
Etymology
late Middle English (in category (sense 2)): from French catégorie or late Latin categoria, from Greek katēgoria‘statement, accusation’, from katēgoros‘accuser’
Definitions
1.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Examples
« there are two classes of detergents »
2.
a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme