To categorize is to group things together in a way that makes them easier to understand. When you categorize things, you are grouping them by their similarities.
The psychologist categorizes people into different personality types.
The teacher categorizes the students into different groups according to their grades.
verb
place into or assign to a category
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I'm categorising a little bit the denture pictures on Commons.
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As above, this appears to be categorisation not 'over' categorisation.
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As such the categorisation is not arbitrary.
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It was categorised as a logo but it is not.
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Complications with categorisation.
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Then there is the problem of categorisation.
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They are categorised for simplicity.
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Article needs to be categorised.
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He was spuriously categorised into it.
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It should be categorised as a glee.