category

Definitions

General English

  • noun one of the groups that people, animals or things are divided into in a formal system

Commerce

  • noun a type or sort of item

Construction

  • One of the divisions of the breakdown in construction specifications, smaller than a trade.

Information & Library Science

  • noun a division or class in a system used to group items according to their type

Medical

  • noun a classification, the way in which things can be classified

Travel

  • noun a group of things or people with particular characteristics in common
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