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category

Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.ɪ.ɡ(ə.)ɹi/

The English word “category” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
  2. A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
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