noun · academic
category
/ˈkætəɡəri/CAT·e·go·ry
Band 6-7task1task2speaking
a class or division of people or things sharing particular characteristics
Examples
“Responses were grouped into the category 'environmental concerns'.”
“This product falls into a new category of affordable devices.”
“Students were asked to classify the data by category.”
Band 8 sentence
“When analysing survey data, researchers must define each category precisely to avoid ambiguity in coding.”
Collocations
- fall into a category
- category of
Word family
category nouncategories noun (plural)
Common mistakes
in category 'A'→in the category 'A'
category is education→the category is education / it falls into the education category
Say it for a higher band
5kind→6type→7+category
Synonyms
class
Easily confused
type
“There are several types of renewable energy technologies.”
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