noun · academic
category
/ˈkætəɡəri/CAT·e·go·ry
a class or division of people or things that have particular shared characteristics
Examples
“Students were placed into different categories based on their scores.”
“This data falls into the same category as previous studies.”
“The report distinguishes three main categories of expenditure.”
Band 8 sentence
“The study categorizes urban transport into three categories: public, private and informal systems.”
Collocations
- fall into a category
- different categories
Word family
Common mistakes
These items fall to the category of essential goods.→These items fall into the category of essential goods.
There are many category in the list.→There are many categories in the list.
Say it for a higher band
5type→6group→7+category
Synonyms
type
Easily confused
type
“What type of music do you like?”
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