category: translation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ broad, general, large
▪ narrow
▪ basic
▪ individual, one, single, special, specific
▪ We have created a special category for part-time workers.
▪ different, discrete, distinct, separate
▪ high, low
▪ Most of his ratings were in the highest category.
▪ important
▪ high-risk
▪ Intravenous drug users are in a high-risk category for hepatitis C.
▪ age, ethnic (esp.AmE), gender, income, job, occupational, racial (esp. AmE), social
▪ price, size, weight
VERB + CATEGORY
▪ be included in, belong to, come into, fall into, fit, fit into
▪ The cities investigated fell into two broad categories.
▪ constitute, form
▪ The Individualists constitute the largest category of great artists.
▪ Flutes form a separate category of wind instruments.
▪ create, define, develop, establish, invent
▪ distinguish, identify, recognize
CATEGORY + VERB
▪ comprise sth, consist of sth, contain sth, cover sth, encompass sth, include sth
▪ be based on sth
▪ categories based on ethnic origin
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the category, within a/the category
▪ He competed in the youngest age category.
▪ category of
▪ a higher category of prison
▪ category for
▪ There's a separate category for children.
PHRASES
▪ be in a category (all) of its/your own, be in its/your own category (= to be unique)
▪ be in the same category (as sth)