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decategorize

decategorize verb: to free or remove from categories; to regard individually.

Verb

decategorize (third-person singular simple present decategorizes, present participle decategorizing, simple past and past participle decategorized)

  1. (transitive) To free or remove from categories; to regard individually.

Forms of decategorize

third-person singular presentdecategorizes
present participledecategorizing
past participledecategorized
pastdecategorized
alternative formdecategorise

Origin of decategorize

From de- + categorize.

Questions about decategorize

What does decategorize mean?
Decategorize means to free or remove from categories; to regard individually.
What part of speech is decategorize?
Decategorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of decategorize?
The past tense of decategorize is decategorized.

Words near decategorize in the dictionary

  1. decategorised
  2. decategorises
  3. decategorising
  4. decategorization
  5. decategorizations
  6. decategorize
  7. decategorized
  8. decategorizes
  9. decategorizing
  10. decatenase
  11. decatenases

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