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| category |
A category is a particular kind of thing in a larger group of things. Dogs are one category of animals. Trees are one category of plants. |
| classic |
typical of a class or category; serving as an example against which others are judged. [1/4 definitions] |
| classify |
to assign (something) to a particular category or group. [1/2 definitions] |
| discriminate |
to judge or treat someone unfairly because he or she belongs to a particular group or category of people (usually followed by "against"). [1/2 definitions] |
| etc. |
"Etc." is a short way of writing the phrase "et cetera." We use "etc." when we are listing things of a certain category but we don't want to list every single thing, or we don't think it is necessary. We write "etc." at the end of the list as a way of saying, "and more things like this." |
| genre |
A genre is a particular category of music, art, or literature. |
| order |
An order is a particular group of living things. An "order" is a more specific group than a "class," which is wide category of living things such as birds, reptiles, mammals, or fish. A "class" is divided into different "orders." Dogs, kangaroos, and humans are all in the same "class" of animals--they are all "mammals"-- but they belong to different "orders" of mammals because they are different from each other in important ways. [1/8 definitions] |
| primate |
any animal in the category of mammals that includes humans, monkeys, apes, and some smaller, simpler animals. Most primates have large brains and flexible hands. |
| under |
If you look for a book under an author's name, it means that you look for it within a larger group of things that the author has written. The author's name represents a category of things where you can look. If you look for something under the letter B, you look for it within the category of other things that begin with the letter B. [1/9 definitions] |
| variety |
a particular type within a category. [1/3 definitions] |
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