单词 | categorize |
释义 | categorize (once / 16169 pages) v If you decided to categorize your wardrobe, you could sort it by type (pants or shirts), or by color. To categorize is to put something into a category. When you think of categorizing things, imagine taking a pile of marbles and putting them into little boxes by color. You are sorting things by how they are alike. Scientists categorize animals and plants by their properties. Doctors categorize illnesses by whether they are caused by viruses or bacteria. In movies, high school students are often categorized as jocks, popular kids, troublemakers, and geeks. WORD FAMILYcategorize: categorization, categorized, categorizes, categorizing+/categorical: categorically/categorise: categorisation, categorised/categorised: uncategorised/categorization: categorizations/categorized: uncategorized/category: categoric, categorical, categories, categorise, categorize USAGE EXAMPLESAn armed forces medical examiner categorized the death as a homicide. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Lane said categorizing foods by ethnicity is commonplace in the restaurant industry. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) There is more wiggle room with species categorized under Appendix II and Appendix III, as long as the traveler obtains the proper permit or certificate. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) v place into or assign to a category Children learn early on to categorize Syn|Hypo|Hyper categorise assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out arrange or order by classes or categories unitise, unitizeseparate or classify into units catalog, cataloguemake an itemized list or catalog of; classify isolateseparate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them referthink of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another reclassifyclassify anew, change the previous classification sizesort according to size dichotomise, dichotomizedivide into two opposing groups or kinds pigeonhole, stamp, stereotypetreat or classify according to a mental stereotype grouparrange into a group or groups gradedetermine the grade of or assign a grade to count, numberput into a group reason think logically |
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