categorise
To put things into groups with the same type.
To sort people or things into groups based on shared features or rules.
To say something is a particular kind of thing.
To describe or treat someone or something as belonging to a particular type or group.
To put something into the right folder or type in a system.
To give something a category label in an organised system, such as accounts, databases, websites, or records, so it can be tracked or found easily.
To put someone in a box in an unfair way.
To put someone or something into a fixed category in a way that is too simple or unfair, ignoring individual differences.
- Base: categorise
- 3rd Person Singular: categorises
- Present Participle: categorising
- Past: categorised
categorise [someone/something] as [something]
1say it belongs to a type
To say something is a certain kind of thing.
- The report categorised the incident as an accident.
- He was categorised as high risk by the insurer.
- Many people categorise chess as a sport.
- They categorised it as spam.
categorise [something] under [heading]
1file under a heading
To put something in a section with a title.
- All travel costs should be categorised under ‘Expenses’.
- The website categorises these tools under ‘Productivity’.
- The editor categorised the article under ‘Opinion’.
- I categorised it under ‘Work’.
categorise [things] into [groups]
1divide into categories
To put things into different groups.
- The study categorised participants into four age groups.
- We categorised the feedback into themes.
- The app categorises photos into albums automatically.
- She categorised the animals into two groups.