# category

Pronunciation: US say "KAT-uh-gor-ee" /ˈkætəˌɡɔɹi/; UK say "KAT-i-gri" /ˈkætɪɡ(ə)ɹi/

## Noun

1. A named or numbered group to which items are assigned based on shared features or set criteria.
   - Simple: A group of things that are alike or that fit the same rule.
   - _Tax forms divide income into several categories for reporting._
   - _The judges placed each entry in a category that matched its style._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A collection of objects together with composable arrows between them, where every object has an identity arrow and arrow composition is associative.

## Origin

Recorded in late Middle English, borrowed from French catégorie, going back through Late Latin catēgoria ("class of predicables") to Ancient Greek katēgoría.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/category (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).