subcategory

noun

sub·​cat·​e·​go·​ry ˌsəb-ˈka-tə-ˌgȯr-ē How to pronounce subcategory (audio)
plural subcategories
: a category that is a subdivision of a larger category : a secondary category
grouping the books into the appropriate categories and subcategories
A new subcategory of vodkas, which provide a contrast to the "tasteless" aspect of this spirit, are the flavored vodkas …Alexis Bespaloff

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The subcategory saw a 15% increase in Q1 of 2025 compared to the year prior, and it’s expected to double by 2029, according to a report from Brightfield Group. Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 Both Newsom’s latest budget and the Legislature’s alternative draft would peg state spending on schools at $80.5 billion, including transitional kindergarten, a new education subcategory. Dan Walters, Mercury News, 20 June 2025 Combined, health care, leisure and hospitality and social assistance — essentially a subcategory of health care that the Bureau of Labor Statistics nonetheless parses out — accounted for 126,000 of the jobs, or nearly all of the hiring for May. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 June 2025 Bitcoin hit an all-time high of over $111,000 last week, fueled in part by the advancement of legislations that would create the first federal rules around stablecoins, a subcategory of crypto, a key step the industry has been lobbying for. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for subcategory

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First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of subcategory was in 1842

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“Subcategory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcategory. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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