categorize

For information about Wiktionary categories, see Wiktionary:Categorization.

English

Alternative forms

• categorise (mainly British)

Verb

categorize (third-person singular simple present categorizes, present participle categorizing, simple past and past participle categorized)

1. (transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.

   First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:classify

Related terms

• category
• categorisation
• categorization

Translations

to assign a category

Catalan: categoritzar (ca) Czech: kategorizovat (cs) Danish: kategorisere (da) Finnish: luokitella (fi) German: kategorisieren (de) Hebrew: לקטלג (le'qat'leg) Icelandic: flokka (is), draga í dilka (is)

Italian: categorizzare (it) Japanese: 分類する (bunrui-suru) Norwegian: Bokmål: kategorisere (nb) Nynorsk: kategorisere (nn) Romanian: categorisi (ro)