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    Definitions

    1 | noun | a collection of things sharing a common attribute 2 | noun | a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

    Pronunciation

    k'atuhg, awree (IPA: kˈætəɡˌɔri)

    Hyphenation

    cat-e-go-ry (8 letters | 4 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1588 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (437 years ago)

    Word origins

    Middle French | Latin | Modern Greek

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 2862nd most common (1 in 27778 words) ( > 99% noun)

    spoken: 3619th most common (1 in 111111 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    categories

    Synonyms

    class | family

    Narrower terms

    brass family | conjugation | declension | denomination | grammatical category | histocompatibility complex | paradigm | sex | stamp | substitution class | syntactic category | violin family | woodwind family | form | kind | ... (total: 20)

    Broader terms

    accumulation | aggregation | assemblage | collection | concept | conception | construct (total: 7)

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    allegory | categorize | caterers | subcategory

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrase

    taxonomic category

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 種類 (noun) Hindi: | वर्ग (noun) Arabic: | فِئَة (noun) Spanish: | categoría (class) | clase (class) French: | catégorie (class) | classe (class)

    Other notable uses

    Category 7: The End of the World | Category 6: Day of Destruction

    category.com | category.org | category.info | category.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    (none)

    Scrabble score

    14 (International English) | 14 (North American English)

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