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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kat-i-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt ɪˌgɔr i, -ˌgoʊr i |
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Définition of category
Origin :- 1580s, from Middle French catégorie, from Late Latin categoria, from Greek kategoria "accusation, prediction, category," verbal noun from kategorein "to speak against; to accuse, assert, predicate," from kata "down to" (or perhaps "against;" see cata-) + agoreuein "to harangue, to declaim (in the assembly)," from agora "public assembly" (see agora). Original sense of "accuse" weakened to "assert, name" by the time Aristotle applied kategoria to his 10 classes of things that can be named.
- category should be used by no-one who is not prepared to state (1) that he does not mean class, & (2) that he knows the difference between the two .... [Fowler]
- noun classification, type
- The second point in this category is own cousin to the above.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- They belong entirely to the category of what is wise to realize good.
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
- D--n the rogues; I thought at one time they had me in a category!
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Also there is a touch of irony in them, which takes them out of the category of sophistry.
- Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
- Such changes do not come under the category of profiteering.
- Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
- "You must leave me out of the category of the shrewd ones, however," said Winthrop.
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- Mr. Merl did not belong to any one category he had ever seen before.
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- In an humble fashion, I may lay claim to belong to this category.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- Usually,—yes; but there are occasions which are not in this category.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- And is it in that category you'd class his love for his father?
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
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