Her work is difficult to categorize.
to categorize people according to their jobs
We categorize voters by their choice of newspaper.
Categorize the plants into four groups.
The employees are categorized as support personnel.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
categorize — UK US (UK also categorise) /ˈkætəgəraɪz/ verb [T] ► 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… … Financial and business terms
Categorize — Cat e*go*rize, v. t. To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
categorize — index classify, codify, file (arrange), index (docket), organize (arrange), pigeonhole … Law dictionary
categorize — (v.) 1705, from CATEGORY (Cf. category) + IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Categorized; categorizing … Etymology dictionary
categorize — (Amer.) v. arrange in groups, classify, place into a category, sort (also categorise) … English contemporary dictionary
categorize — [v] sort by type, classification assort, button down*, class, classify, group, identify, peg*, pigeonhole*, put down as, rank, tab, typecast; concept 39 … New thesaurus
categorize — (also categorise) ► VERB ▪ place in a particular category; classify. DERIVATIVES categorization noun … English terms dictionary
categorize — [kat′ə gə rīz΄] vt. categorized, categorizing to place in a category; classify categorization [kat΄əgôr΄ə zā′shən] n … English World dictionary
categorize — UK [ˈkætɪɡəraɪz] / US [ˈkætəɡəˌraɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms categorize : present tense I/you/we/they categorize he/she/it categorizes present participle categorizing past tense categorized past participle categorized to put people or things … English dictionary
categorize — verb To assign a category; to divide into classes. First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions. See Also: category, categorisation, categorization … Wiktionary
