MEANING
To assign something to a different category from the one used before.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- recategorize an expense
- recategorize a case
On the page
The archivist recategorized the letters after discovering that they predated the war.
Nearby words
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Word forms
- Base
- recategorize
- Past tense
- recategorized
- Past participle
- recategorized
- Present participle
- recategorizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- recategorize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are recategorizing
- Present perfect
- have/has recategorized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been recategorizing
- Past
- recategorized
- Past continuous
- was/were recategorizing
- Past perfect
- had recategorized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been recategorizing
- Future
- will recategorize
- Future continuous
- will be recategorizing
- Future perfect
- will have recategorized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been recategorizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: recategorize; recategorizes; recategorized; recategorized; recategorizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: recategorizes.
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