Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    categorization
    /katəɡərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

    noun

    • 1. the action or process of placing into classes or groups: "categorization by topic"

    More definitions, origin and scrabble points

  2. Categorization is the process of putting people or things into categories (= groups with the same features). Learn more about this word, its pronunciation, translations and related terms from Cambridge Dictionary.

  3. Categorization is the act of sorting and organizing things according to group, class, or, as you might expect, category. This noun is very similar in meaning to "assortment," "classification," and "compartmentalization."

  4. the process of putting people or things into groups according to what type they are; a group made in this way synonym classification. Her work defies easy categorization. It is not always possible to make neat historical categorizations. Want to learn more?

  5. Learn the meaning of categorize, a verb that means to put something into a category or classify it. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for categorize.

  6. to put people or things into groups of people or things that have the same features: categorize sb/sth as sth You can categorize your company's strategy as a reactor, defender, analyzer, or prospector. categorize sth into sth The Trade Reform Programme can be categorized into six major areas of activity.

  7. Categorization is the act of putting something into a category or categories, or the condition of being arranged in categories. Find the pronunciation, translations, and examples of categorization in different languages and contexts.

  8. noun. the act or process of placing in a category; classification. The word categorization is derived from categorize, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. categorize in British English. or categorise (ˈkætɪɡəˌraɪz ) verb. (transitive) to place in a category; classify. Collins English Dictionary.