subcategorize

verb

as in to categorize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcategorize
  1. categorize
  2. classify
  3. compartmentalize
  4. class
  5. type
  6. codify
  7. grade
  8. organize
Verb
  • With this much space, the entire region can’t be categorized in any one specific way—except with the word dramatic.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Images get treated and categorized one way; PDFs another; text notes another.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of categorize
Verb
  • These counter-drone flyaway kits that are rapidly deployable help to spot, classify, and track UAVs.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Malm was traveling to speak at a conference alongside a co-founder of Palestine Action, a direct action group that the UK classified as a terrorist organization last year.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of classify
Verb
  • Elites constantly calibrate their speech and compartmentalize their innermost private thoughts.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The Valkyries president says self-care is a non-negotiable Smith doesn’t compartmentalize the professional and personal parts of her life.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of compartmentalize
Verb
  • The High Court ruled in February that classing Palestine Action as a terror group alongside the likes of al-Qaida and Hamas was disproportionate and unlawful.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The month before that, thieves snatched three porcelain works worth millions of dollars and classed as national treasures in a heist at the Adrien Dubouche National Museum in Limoges in central France.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of class
Verb
  • Instead, open the official airline app or type the website address into your browser.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • According to Each Generation The brands listed in each category are the ones that each generation typed in the most and rated most highly.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of type
Verb
  • In December 2025, Congress passed a law that codified and expanded the program to target more technologies and more foreign countries, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Russia.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Reassured, European countries (aside from France and the United Kingdom) agreed to codify their nonnuclear status in the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
    — Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of codify
Verb
  • Collectors' three card-grading brands accounted for roughly 71% of August grading volume among the major firms tracked by industry analyst GemRate.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • An 1840 stint at the Harvard Library led to the insight that mixing finely ground clay with graphite would allow Thoreau Pencils to be graded from soft to hard.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of grade
Verb
  • At a Thursday post-election conference organized by the Center for American Progress, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said that the people who’d beaten invincible-looking Republicans needed space to vote and govern their way.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Pre-Columbian ruins are always near, reachable by boat, trek, and car, on excursions organized by the hotel.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of organize
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