Meanings
present singular third person recategorizes · participle present recategorizing · participle past recategorized · past recategorized · alternative recategorise
- To categorize again, to put in a new or different category.
1 more example
In 2021, Egypt recategorized nurseries as micro-, small- and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which provides greater business benefits, including tax markdowns, and in 2024, Jordan streamlined the registration process for home-based nurseries, making it simpler to start a child-minding business from home.
2025 February 6, Rebecca Cairns, “Just 1 in 5 women are employed in this region. Investing in the care economy could change that”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2025
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- 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
- Englishcategorize
- Englishrecategorize
From re- + categorize.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
recategorize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recategorize
“recategorize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recategorize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recategorize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recategorize.
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