category

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈkæ.tɪˌɡɔ.ɹi/ UK /ˈkæ.tɪ.ɡə.ɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #8546

Meanings

1

noun
A group of people or things that share the same features or qualities.

Books in the shop are arranged by category, such as fiction and history.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a group of people or things... class division kind type

Word family

Forms categories

Derived forms anticategorybicategorycategorificationcategorifycategorisationcategoristcategory-mistakecategorylesscocategoryintercategoryintracategorymacrocategory

Related forms categorialcategoricalcategorisecategorize

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syntactic category
a class of words sharing grammatical properties and roles

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Category entered English through French or late Latin from Greek katēgoria “statement, accusation,” derived from katēgoros “accuser.” Its earliest English use was in philosophy.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂ Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti…

*h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European catégorie French categorie Middle French catēgoria la-lat κατηγορία Ancient Greek

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# category

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkæ.tɪˌɡɔ.ɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkæ.tɪ.ɡə.ɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 8546

## Meanings
1. A group of people or things that share the same features or qualities.

## Examples
- Books in the shop are arranged by category, such as fiction and history.

## Derived Forms
- anticategory
- bicategory
- categorification
- categorify
- categorisation
- categorist
- category-mistake
- categoryless
- cocategory
- intercategory
- intracategory
- macrocategory

## Related Forms
- categorial
- categorical
- categorise
- categorize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂ger-
- Root: catégorie
- Root: categorie
- Root: catēgoria
- Root: κατηγορία

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂ Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti…

## AI Etymology
category is a noun. Its historical chain runs through Proto-Hellenic *kətá, Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-), Proto-Hellenic *agorā́, Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́), Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō), Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros), and κατηγορία (Ancient Greek). Historical forms in the chain include *h₂ger- (Proto-Indo-European), catégorie (French), categorie (Middle French), catēgoria (Late Latin), and κατηγορία (Ancient Greek). Current senses include a group of people or things that share the same features or qualities. Derived forms include anticategory, bicategory, categorification, categorify, and categorisation. Related words include categorial, categorical, categorise, and categorize.

## Topics
- People & Society

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