Categorize
verb
To put people or things into groups based on their type or their similar characteristics.
The books in the library are categorized by genre.
Often appears as...
- categorize by type
- categorize by characteristics
verb
To consider or label somebody or something as part of a particular type or group, often unfairly.
People often categorize him as a loser, but he's just having a hard time lately.
Often appears as...
- categorize as a loser
- categorize unfairly
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To put people or things into groups based on their type or their similar characteristics.
The books in the library are categorized by genre.
Often appears as...
- categorize by type
- categorize by characteristics
verb
To consider or label somebody or something as part of a particular type or group, often unfairly.
People often categorize him as a loser, but he's just having a hard time lately.
Often appears as...
- categorize as a loser
- categorize unfairly
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Nuanced Classification
Categorizing can imply a thoughtful process, not just simple grouping.
We should categorize these survey responses carefully to understand the trends.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
Different contexts require different categorization criteria.
In a kitchen, spices are categorized by flavor, not color.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overgeneralization
Be precise when categorizing to avoid losing important details.
Categorizing all insects as pests ignores their diverse roles in the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Nuanced Classification
Categorizing can imply a thoughtful process, not just simple grouping.
We should categorize these survey responses carefully to understand the trends.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
Different contexts require different categorization criteria.
In a kitchen, spices are categorized by flavor, not color.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overgeneralization
Be precise when categorizing to avoid losing important details.
Categorizing all insects as pests ignores their diverse roles in the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Nuanced Classification
Categorizing can imply a thoughtful process, not just simple grouping.
We should categorize these survey responses carefully to understand the trends.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
Different contexts require different categorization criteria.
In a kitchen, spices are categorized by flavor, not color.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overgeneralization
Be precise when categorizing to avoid losing important details.
Categorizing all insects as pests ignores their diverse roles in the ecosystem.
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Tim Brown: Tales of...
We think playfulness helps us get to better creative solutions. Helps us do our jobs better, and helps us feel better when we do them. Now, an adult encountering a new situation -- when we encounter a new situation we have a tendency to want to categorize it just as quickly as we can, you know.
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Forget Everything You...
while we're on the subject of berries let's look at the strawberry that's got to be a berry right it's in the name well you know because the fleshy bulb that we eat isn't actually made from the Voss it's made from the petals of the flower so it's categorized as fake fruit
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Helping Hands PIPE Brain...
actresses appearance make such a huge difference empathy is an important motivational state for determining whether or not you will help someone in need but what triggers our sense of empathy for others psychologists have long noted that we automatically categorized other
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What makes something go...
but it doesn't actually get at what really matters. What if, instead of tagging what articles or videos are about, what if we How is it helping our users do a real job in their lives? Last year, we started a project to formally categorize our content in this way.
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How to build safer...
using AI to rapidly assess entire neighborhoods and quickly identify and categorize vulnerable buildings so we can rapidly compare the cost of strengthening buildings with the cost of doing nothing in terms of dollars and lives lost and people made homeless so
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How we can detect pretty...
Likewise, DNA metabarcoding can be used to monitor biodiversity. For example, using traditional approaches, categorizing all of the insects in a hectare of rainforest can take decades. But DNA from insect traps could yield these results in just a few months.
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Why Vaccines are Made...
which are capable of collecting and categorizing these pathogens. The data from that then can be used to understand the geographic and genetic diversity, which then can be used to help us understand how these are being changed immunologically,
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Stars 101 PIPE National...
hydrogen nuclei inside of the cores begin to fuse and create helium. It is this chemical reaction, thermonuclear fusion that generates a star's heat and energy and causes it to shine. Stars are categorized by a number of characteristics.
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Sheena Iyengar: How to...
concretize -- make it real; categorize -- we can handle more categories, less choices; condition for complexity. All of these techniques that I'm describing to you today are designed to help you manage your choices --
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The problem with...
that human beings cannot be categorized into biological races? What if, instead of using race as a crude proxy for some more important factor,
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Tim Brown: Tales of...
We think playfulness helps us get to better creative solutions. Helps us do our jobs better, and helps us feel better when we do them. Now, an adult encountering a new situation -- when we encounter a new situation we have a tendency to want to categorize it just as quickly as we can, you know.
Video examples
Forget Everything You...
while we're on the subject of berries let's look at the strawberry that's got to be a berry right it's in the name well you know because the fleshy bulb that we eat isn't actually made from the Voss it's made from the petals of the flower so it's categorized as fake fruit
Video examples
Helping Hands PIPE Brain...
actresses appearance make such a huge difference empathy is an important motivational state for determining whether or not you will help someone in need but what triggers our sense of empathy for others psychologists have long noted that we automatically categorized other
Video examples
What makes something go...
but it doesn't actually get at what really matters. What if, instead of tagging what articles or videos are about, what if we How is it helping our users do a real job in their lives? Last year, we started a project to formally categorize our content in this way.
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How to build safer...
using AI to rapidly assess entire neighborhoods and quickly identify and categorize vulnerable buildings so we can rapidly compare the cost of strengthening buildings with the cost of doing nothing in terms of dollars and lives lost and people made homeless so
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How we can detect pretty...
Likewise, DNA metabarcoding can be used to monitor biodiversity. For example, using traditional approaches, categorizing all of the insects in a hectare of rainforest can take decades. But DNA from insect traps could yield these results in just a few months.
Video examples
Why Vaccines are Made...
which are capable of collecting and categorizing these pathogens. The data from that then can be used to understand the geographic and genetic diversity, which then can be used to help us understand how these are being changed immunologically,
Video examples
Stars 101 PIPE National...
hydrogen nuclei inside of the cores begin to fuse and create helium. It is this chemical reaction, thermonuclear fusion that generates a star's heat and energy and causes it to shine. Stars are categorized by a number of characteristics.
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: How to...
concretize -- make it real; categorize -- we can handle more categories, less choices; condition for complexity. All of these techniques that I'm describing to you today are designed to help you manage your choices --
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The problem with...
that human beings cannot be categorized into biological races? What if, instead of using race as a crude proxy for some more important factor,
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Natalie Zea
American Actress
The fact is that viewers are fickle and it's rare that such a large group of people can be categorized in any type of way. There's enough content to go around, and if we stop focusing on numbers and start focusing on the quality of the project, then I think everybody - viewers and artists alike - is going to be a lot happier.
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Mark Hamill
American Actor
In high school, I had to hide my comic book side, my nerd side from the civilian world so they wouldn't categorize me. They would try to marginalize me for what I like. I tried to give it up, believe me. I tried to kick the habit. But there's too much I liked about it to give it up completely.
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Matt Haig
British Novelist
I think we get too hung up on categories. Obviously, the book market has to categorise things, and it makes it easier for a reader to go into a bookshop and choose, but as a writer, it helps to get rid of all of that and imagine you are a storyteller around a campfire.
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Keegan-Michael Key
American Actor
It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe, not that tribe. We don't have to do that anymore - we have processed food now!
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Paul Rudd
American Actor
To me, some of the funniest movies would be probably categorized in the dramatic genre, and likewise, some of the most dramatic films, or films that have the most dramatic moments, are in comedies.
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Jonathan Groff
American Actor
Don't let the world define you. In the world of acting, and I think in any profession, really, people are really eager to put you in a box and categorize you as one particular thing.
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Melissa Leo
American Actress
Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
Racism seduces us with its desire to categorize, shutting out the living and breathing and 'different' world all around us.
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Kevin Spacey
American Actor
I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.
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Haley Reinhart
American Musician
If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time.
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Natalie Zea
American Actress
The fact is that viewers are fickle and it's rare that such a large group of people can be categorized in any type of way. There's enough content to go around, and if we stop focusing on numbers and start focusing on the quality of the project, then I think everybody - viewers and artists alike - is going to be a lot happier.
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Mark Hamill
American Actor
In high school, I had to hide my comic book side, my nerd side from the civilian world so they wouldn't categorize me. They would try to marginalize me for what I like. I tried to give it up, believe me. I tried to kick the habit. But there's too much I liked about it to give it up completely.
Quote examples
Matt Haig
British Novelist
I think we get too hung up on categories. Obviously, the book market has to categorise things, and it makes it easier for a reader to go into a bookshop and choose, but as a writer, it helps to get rid of all of that and imagine you are a storyteller around a campfire.
Quote examples
Keegan-Michael Key
American Actor
It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe, not that tribe. We don't have to do that anymore - we have processed food now!
Quote examples
Paul Rudd
American Actor
To me, some of the funniest movies would be probably categorized in the dramatic genre, and likewise, some of the most dramatic films, or films that have the most dramatic moments, are in comedies.
Quote examples
Jonathan Groff
American Actor
Don't let the world define you. In the world of acting, and I think in any profession, really, people are really eager to put you in a box and categorize you as one particular thing.
Quote examples
Melissa Leo
American Actress
Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world.
Quote examples
Hilton Als
American Writer
Racism seduces us with its desire to categorize, shutting out the living and breathing and 'different' world all around us.
Quote examples
Kevin Spacey
American Actor
I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.
Quote examples
Haley Reinhart
American Musician
If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time.
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