What is "categorise"

Usage examples of "categorise".

When a three-man team landed on an unexplored planet like Kakakakaxo, they had to categorise its possible dangers and determine exactly the nature of the opposition any superior species might offer to colonising man.

Early detective fiction was categorised as a tale rather than as serious fiction.

Jalila showed the breathmoss to her mothers, who were all intrigued and delighted, although Pavo had of course noticed and categorised the growth long before, whilst Ananke had to touch the stuff, and left a small brown mark there like the tips of her three fingers, which dried and turned golden over the days which followed.

And many theories from the books of psychology categorised Miss Brodie, but failed to obliterate her image from the canvases of one-armed Teddy Lloyd.

They have devised an elaborate system of ranking whereby condemned criminals are categorised according to imaginary standards of desirability.

The film was categorising walks, trying to tie them in with psychological profiles, with character-types, and that was fine but he wasn't happy about the tone.

Ambulation was certainly an interesting way of categorising people, of partially defining them, of trying to guess something about their personalities.