recategorize

verb

re·​cat·​e·​go·​rize (ˌ)rē-ˈka-ti-gə-ˌrīz 

recategorized; recategorizing; recategorizes

transitive verb

: 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

recategorization

(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

Examples of recategorize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When mistakes are low-consequence, smart leaders recategorize errors as learning opportunities, evolutionary misguidance and situational myopia rather than doling out errors with penalties and professional purgatory. —Nuala Walsh, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021

The reintroduced bill would recategorize cranial prosthetics as durable medical equipment covered under the Social Security Act. —Essence, 6 Oct. 2021

In California, lawmakers passed legislation requiring ride-hailing giants to recategorize drivers as employees and not contractors (which Uber and Lyft fought with a ballot initiative that was overturned last month). —Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 16 Sep. 2021

That created an additional load on the service desk team, which had to manually recategorize these requests prior to either manual processing or automation via a workflow. —Pat Calhoun, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021

Under the order’s terms, White House officials could recategorize Fauci as a Schedule F employee and then dismiss him, effectively stripping him of his ability to appeal against his own removal. —Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above