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verb

categorize

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place into or assign to a category

In a sentence

Six example sentences with categorize, each labelled with its topic.

  • The startup categorizes every support ticket by feature, and the pattern tells the founders which screen to rebuild.

    Startups

  • He categorizes every shoot by lens and light so that finding a frame from 2019 takes seconds.

    Photography

  • Toddlers categorize objects by shape long before they can name a single one of them.

    Psychology

  • Biologists categorize every new beetle by its wing structure before they even attempt to give it a name.

    Science

  • The court had to categorize the drone as either an aircraft or a toy, and the answer decided which rules applied.

    Law

  • Streaming services categorize songs by mood as well as genre, so a slow folk track and a piano piece sit together.

    Music

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