Meanings
verbrecategorise (third-person singular simple present recategorises, present participle recategorising, simple past and past participle recategorised)
present singular third person recategorises · participle present recategorising · participle past recategorised · past recategorised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of recategorize.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishcategorise
- Englishrecategorise
From re- + categorise.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
recategorise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recategorise
MLA
“recategorise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recategorise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recategorise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recategorise.
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