category

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈkæt.ɪ.ɡ(ə.)ɹi/]

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1. category (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.

Example: This steep and dangerous climb belongs to the most difficult category.

2. category (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.

Example: One well-known category has sets as objects and functions as arrows.

Structure of the word

Roots:

h₂ger (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: h₂ger

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