Definition of recategorize
recategorized;
recategorizing;
recategorizes
: to put into a different category : reclassify
- recategorized the drug as a controlled substance
- Neptune is the eighth and furthest planet from the Sun, since Pluto was recategorized as a dwarf planet.
- —James L. Chen
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recategorization
play \(ˌ)rē-ˌka-ti-gə-rə-ˈzā-shən\ noun, plural recategorizations-
- Nye supported the recategorization of Pluto by the International Astronomical Union. Its makeup more closely matches a comet, he said.
- —Mark Bennett
