Meanings
verbcategorise (third-person singular simple present categorises, present participle categorising, simple past and past participle categorised)
present singular third person categorises · participle present categorising · participle past categorised · past categorised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*kətá
- Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ)
- Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ- (kătă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ger-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂goréh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*agorā́
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́)
- Ancient Greekἀγορεύω (agoreúō)
- Ancient Greekκᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros)
- Ancient Greekκᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō)
- Ancient Greekκατηγορία (katēgoría)
- Late Latincatēgoria
- Middle Frenchcategorie
- Frenchcatégorie
- Englishcategory
- Englishcategorise
From category + -ise.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
categorise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorise
MLA
“categorise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “categorise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorise.
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