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  • 11category — (n.) 1580s, from M.Fr. catégorie, from L.L. categoria, from Gk. kategoria, from kategorein to speak against; to accuse, assert, predicate, from kata down to (or perhaps against; see CATA (Cf. cata )) + agoreuein to declaim (in the assembly), from …

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  • 12category — index class, classification, denomination, department, diagnosis, division (administrative unit), kind …

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  • 13category — *class, genus, species, denomination, genre Analogous words: division, section, *part: classification (see corresponding verb at ASSORT) …

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  • 14category — [n] classification, type class, department, division, grade, group, grouping, head, heading, kind, league, level, list, order, pigeonhole*, rank, section, sort, tier; concept 378 …

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  • 15category — ► NOUN (pl. categories) ▪ a class or division of people or things having shared characteristics. ORIGIN Greek kat goria statement, accusation …

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  • 16category — [kat′ə gôr΄ē] n. pl. categories [LL categoria < Gr katēgoria < katēgorein, to accuse, assert, predicate < kata , down, against + agoreuein, to declaim, address an assembly < agora, AGORA1] 1. a class or division in a scheme of… …

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  • 17category — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, general, large ▪ narrow ▪ basic ▪ individual, one, single …

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  • 18Category 7 — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Category 7 – Das Ende der Welt Originaltitel Category 7: The End of the World …

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  • 19category — /kat i gawr ee, gohr ee/, n., pl. categories. 1. any general or comprehensive division; a class. 2. a classificatory division in any field of knowledge, as a phylum or any of its subdivisions in biology. 3. Metaphys. a. (in Aristotelian… …

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  • 20Category 6 — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Category 6 – Der Tag des Tornado Originaltitel Category 6: Day of Destruction …

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