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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of categorise.

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Examples

  • Where this has happened, we substituted in results from level 2, which categorises students into 41 subjects.

    Guardian University Guide 2012: methodology 2011

  • Prof Jennifer JenkinsChair of Global Englishes, University of Southampton• I agree with Sarah Churchwell's attitude to the evolution of English, but I wish to defend "innit", which she categorises as an abomination.

    Letters: Mind your English language 2011

  • This article categorises the problems learners face, including whether they have something similar in the mother tongue, and illustrates with examples from the learner corpus.

    P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • The French version of the website Slate categorises Silvio's biggest slip-ups by percentage.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • Similar to Wesabe, Mint automatically sucks in your financial transactions, categorises them, sends you email alerts, and helps you create and maintain a budget.

    Free Tools to Manage New Year’s Resolutions | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • They don't want their face surveyed by that western glance which sizes up and categorises? to be dismissed or desired.

    Racism veiled as liberation 2010

  • This article categorises the problems learners face, including whether they have something similar in the mother tongue, and illustrates with examples from the learner corpus.

    P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • Structurally, Things categorises tasks in a very Getting THINGS Done way (get it?), with an inbox, projects, and “next” (or Next Actions) view, as well as support for contacts to whom you may delegate tasks and tags (which you can use for context.)

    Previewing Things, Alpha Task Manager for Mac | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • This is a definitional trick, as it excludes what Brown categorises as “investment” spending in public services which is due to fall from £44bn to £22bn.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • The slowdown in spending growth from 1.1% to 0.7% was only current spending, which masked a 17% cut in what the Treasury categorises as “investment” spending (ie, roadbuilding etc).

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

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