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categorize

/ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/US/ˈkætəɡəˌɹaɪz/

categorize verb: to assign a category; to divide into classes.

Verb

categorize (third-person singular simple present categorizes, present participle categorizing, simple past and past participle categorized)

  1. (transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.
    • First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions.

categorize meaning in Hindi and Malayalam

categorize in Hindi

to assign a category
श्रेणीबद्ध śreṇībaddh

categorize in Malayalam

classify, class, group
തരംതിരിക്കുക, വർഗ്ഗക്രമേണ തിരിക്കുക, വർഗ്ഗീകരിക്കുക, ഇനം തിരിക്കുക, അടുക്കുക, ഗണങ്ങളാക്കുക

Examples of categorize in a sentence

  • All of my records are categorized.
  • The monastery's records showed not only how many swine were raised each year but also their disposition, categorized by boars, sows, hoggets, and porklings.
  • The top 1% between 6-7 are categorized as Chadlites and Stacylites.

All 40 example sentences with categorize

Forms of categorize

third-person singular presentcategorizes
present participlecategorizing
past participlecategorized
pastcategorized
alternative formcategorise

Past tense of categorize: categorized

Origin of categorize

From category + -ize.

Words formed from categorize

Questions about categorize

What does categorize mean?
Categorize means to assign a category; to divide into classes.
What is categorize in Hindi?
Categorize in Hindi is श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddh). See Categorize meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is categorize?
Categorize is a verb.
How do you pronounce categorize?
Categorize is pronounced /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of categorize?
The past tense of categorize is categorized.

Words near categorize in the dictionary

  1. categorizability
  2. categorizable
  3. categorization
  4. categorizational
  5. categorizations
  6. categorize
  7. categorized
  8. categorizer
  9. categorizers
  10. categorizes
  11. categorizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: categorize (page history and authors); categorize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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