category

«category» in Mova's school dictionary: a group of things or people that are alike in some way:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a category, categories)

meaning for a pupil

1) A category is a group of things or people that are alike in some way: «Put the animals into categories». tree →

2) A category is a class in a competition or list: «the under-10 category». tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science pupils sort things into categories: odd and even numbers, mammals and reptiles, solids, liquids and gases. In data handling, a bar chart shows how many items are in each category. In competitions there are categories by age. Phrases: fall into a category, in the category of.

examples

• Sort these shapes into two categories. tree →
• Whales are in the category of mammals. tree →
• She won the under-ten category in the art contest. tree →
• The bar chart shows four categories of pets. tree →
• Which category does a tomato belong to? tree →
• We put the books into categories: fiction and non-fiction. tree →

note

Plural «categories». Verb «categorise» (UK) or «categorize» (US). Pronounced «CAT-uh-gree» in the UK and «CAT-uh-gor-ee» in the USA. In charts each category gets its own bar or slice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «category» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.