categorizing

NOUN

classification

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocation allotment analysis arrangement coordination designation distribution grade regulation

STRONG

apportionment assignment assortment codification collocation consignment denomination department disposal disposition division echelon gradation grading graduation group grouping kind order ordering ordination organization pigeonholing sizing sorting systematization taxonomy

WEAK

alloting cataloguing distributing tabulating typecasting

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization keeping retention

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categorizing

The software also sends reminder emails and phone alerts to prompt people to keep up with categorizing transactions that are automatically pulled in or inputting new ones manually.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

I often wonder: Does their categorizing need extend to the subatomic realm?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

They started categorizing me with sad and sentimental music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2025

That's the lower limit of categorizing objects on the Torino Scale.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2025

Stopping before the narrow garage, he sniffed the fumes from Paradise with great sensory pleasure, the protruding hairs in his nostrils analyzing, cataloguing, categorizing, and classifying the distinct odors of hot dog, mustard, and lubricant.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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