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cat·e·go·rize

(kăt′ĭ-gə-rīz′)

tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es

To put into a category or categories; classify.

cat′e·go·riz′a·ble adj.

cat′e·go·ri·za′tion (-gər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

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Noun 1. categorization - a group of people or things arranged by class or category

categorisation, classification

arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"

dichotomy, duality - being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture"

trichotomy - being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses

2. categorization - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

categorisation, sorting, classification

coordination - being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree

basic cognitive process - cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge

appraisal, assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

ascription, attribution - assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"

ascription, attribution - assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned"

cross-classification, cross-division - classification according to more than one attribute at the same time; "the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex"

subsumption - incorporating something under a more general category

3. [画像:categorization - the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type]categorization - the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, assortment, categorisation

grouping - the activity of putting things together in groups

indexing - the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve

reclassification - classifying something again (usually in a new category)

relegation - the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category

stratification - the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata

taxonomy - practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

typology - classification according to general type

categorization

noun

A way or condition of being arranged:

arrangement, classification, deployment, disposal, disposition, distribution, formation, grouping, layout, lineup, order, organization, placement, sequence.

Translations

kategorizaceklasifikacetřídění

κατηγοριοποίηση

catégorisation

categorization

[ˌkætɪgəraɪˈzeɪʃən] N → categorización f

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categorization

categorisation [ˌkætɪgəraɪˈzeɪʃ^ən] (British) n (= classification) → catégorisation f

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categorization

n → Kategorisierung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

categorization

[ˌkætɪgəraɪˈzeɪʃ/ən] n → catalogazione f, classificazione f

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