category

Definition of Category in English :

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Noun

1. category, class, family

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

Example Sentences:
'there are two classes of detergents'

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2. category

a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Category

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noun plural -ries

1.

a class or group of things, people, etc, possessing some quality or qualities in common; a division in a system of classification

2. metaphysics

any one of the most basic classes into which objects and concepts can be analysed

3.

a.

(in the philosophy of Aristotle) any one of ten most fundamental modes of being, such as quantity, quality, and substance

b.

(in the philosophy of Kant) one of twelve concepts required by human beings to interpret the empirical world

c.

any set of objects, concepts, or expressions distinguished from others within some logical or linguistic theory by the intelligibility of a specific set of statements concerning them

Category

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcateˌgories

1.

a class or division in a scheme of classification

2. Logic

any of the various basic concepts into which all knowledge can be classified

Category

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n. pl. cat·e·go·ries

1. A specifically defined division in a system of classification; a class.

2. A general class of ideas, terms, or things that mark divisions or coordinations within a conceptual scheme, especially:

a. Aristotle's modes of objective being, such as quality, quantity, or relation, that are inherent in all things.

b. Kant's modes of subjective understanding, such as singularity, universality, or particularity, that organize perceptions into knowledge.

c. A basic logical type of philosophical conception in post-Kantian philosophy.

3. Linguistics

a. A property or structural unit of a language, such as a part of speech or a type of phrase.

b. A specific grammatical defining property of a linguistic unit or class, such as number or gender in the noun and tense or voice in the verb.

4. Mathematics A class of objects, together with a class of morphisms between those objects, and an associative composition rule for those morphisms. Categories are used to study a wide variety of mathematical constructions in a similar way.

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