category
US: /ˈkætəˌɡɔɹi/
UK: /kˈætɪɡəɹi/
UK: /kˈætɪɡəɹi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
category /'kætigəri/
- danh từ
- hạng, loại
- (triết học) phạm trù
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
(plural categories) a group of people or things with particular features in common: Students over 25 fall into a different category. + The results of this survey can be divided into three main categories.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
class, classification, type, sort, kind, variety, group, grouping, listing, rank, ranking, list, grade, department, division, section, sector, area, sphere; head, heading:
Into which category would you put the partially disabled?
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
broad, general | narrow | distinct, separate | special
We have created a special category for part-time workers.
| high
(law) the highest category of sexual assault
| high-risk
Intravenous drug users are in a high-risk category for hepatitis C.
| age, social
VERB + CATEGORY
be included in, belong to, come into, fall into, fit (into)
The towns investigated fell into two broad categories.
| assign sb/sth to, divide sb/sth into, group sb/sth under, put sb/sth in/into | create, define, establish
CATEGORY + VERB
comprise sth, include sth
PREP.
in/within a/the ~
He competed in the youngest age category.
| ~ of
a higher category of prison
PHRASES
be in a category (all) of its/your own
(= to be unique)
Concise English dictionary
categories'kætɪgərɪ
noun
+a collection of things sharing a common attribute
+a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
